Sanctuary Lost: Portugal's Air War for Guinea 1961-1974: Volume 2 - Debacle to Deadlock, 1966-1972

A richly illustrated examination of the evolution of Portuguese air power and guerrilla air defenses during the conflict’s most active years.

From 1963 to 1974, Portugal and its nationalist enemies fought an increasingly intense war for the independence of "Portuguese" Guinea, then a colony but now the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. For most of the conflict Portugal enjoyed virtually unchallenged air supremacy, and increasingly based its military strategy and political pacification program on th...