Angola: A Modern Military History, 1961-2002

by S. Weigert

Overview

This study is the first comprehensive assessment of warfare in Angola to cover all three phases of the nation's modern history: the anti-colonial struggle, the Cold War phase, and the post-Cold War era. It also covers, in detail, the final phase of warfare in Angola, culminating in Jonas Savimbi's death and the signing of the Luena Accord

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230117778
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	10/24/2011
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

STEPHEN L. WEIGART Research Specialist at the US State Department, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, USA.

Table of Contents

The Quest for a Strategy of Guerrilla Warfare (1961-1965) Asian Strategies and Angolan Realities (1966-1977) Guerrilla and Conventional Warfare (1978-1990) From Peace to War and Back (1991-2002)