The Last Of Africa&Apos S Cold War Conflicts: Portuguese Guinea And Its Guerilla Insurgency Al J Venter Pen Sword Military Αγγλικά Βιβλία History

Portugal Was The First European Country To Colonise Africa It Also Last Leave Almost Five Centuries Later During Course Of What Lisbon Called Its Civilizing Mission In Portuguese Weathered Numerous Insurrections But None As Severe Guerrilla War Launched Angola 1961 And Two Years Guinea While Had A Solid Economic Infrastructure That Did Not Hold For Tiny West African Enclave Become Guine-Bissau Both Soviets Cubans Believed Because Colony- Roughly Size Belgium - No Resources Small Population Would Soon Capitulate They Were Wrong Hostilities Lasted More Than Decade 11-Year Struggle Turned Into Most Intense Lisbon\ S Three Colonies Classic Campaign Kicked Off January 1963 Nobody Noticed Taking Place Vietnam Grabbed All Headlines Soviet-Led Go On Set Scene Wars Followed Rhodesia Present-Day Namibia Σελίδες: 240 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm