The Last of Africa's Cold War Conflicts - Portuguese Guinea and its Guerilla Insurgency (Hardcover)

Portugal was the first European country to colonise Africa. It was also the last to leave, almost five centuries later. During the course of what Lisbon called its civilizing mission in Africa the Portuguese weathered numerous insurrections, but none as severe as the guerrilla war first launched in Angola in 1961 and two years later in Portuguese Guinea. While Angola had a solid economic infrastructure, that did not hold for the tiny West African enclave that was to become Guine-Bissau. Both Soviets and Cubans believed that because that tiny colony- roughly the size of Belgium - had no resources and a small population, that Lisbon would soon capitulate. They were wrong, because hostilities lasted more than a decade and the 11-year struggle turned into the most intense of Lisbon's three African colonies. It was a classic African guerrilla campaign that kicked off in January 1963, but nobody noticed because what was taking place in Vietnam grabbed all the headlines. The Soviet-led guerrilla campaign in Portuguese Guinea was to go on and set the scene for the wars that followed in Rhodesia and present-day Namibia.

General

Imprint:	Pen & Sword Military
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2020
Authors:	Al J. Venter
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-5267-7298-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	1-5267-7298-1
Barcode:	9781526772985

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