John P Cann
Biographic Data
| ID | 198224 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John P Cann |
| GIVEN NAMES | John P |
| FAMILY NAME | Cann |
| SIGNATURE | CANN J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Defense Analyses |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Development of Portuguese counterinsurgency, 1961–1974
An Unlikely Alliance
The war that Portugal was obliged to fight in Africa began in 1961 and immediately stretched the resources of its armed forces. Nowhere was this thinness more apparent than in policing the vast territory of Angola. The east and southeast of Angola were particularly vulnerable, as the area was a vast, sparsely populated region characterised by enormous featureless plains or chanas covered in tall grass and broken by an extensive river system and m…
Mercenaries
Mercenaries and their activities have a certain cachet and entertain a wide fascination with the general public. They are often associated with sinister motives and even more sinister deeds. As Sir
Lessons in airpower projection
The lessons from the two French counterinsurgencies, Indochina and Algeria, give rise to a new understanding of the projection of airpower in remote and hostile environments and the purpose, design, and use of aircraft in counterinsurgency. In both Indochina and Algeria, the campaigns were ones of poverty, and it is their imaginative management under severe resource constraints that provides thoughtful and applicable lessons for today. In both ca…
Baixa do Cassang
On 4 January 1961 in Baixa do Cassange, in the north of Angola, the blacks who worked in the cotton fields began a strike. The army with air support was called to quell the rebellion, and the article emphasizes the importance of air support tethered to the ground forces, particularly in a remote and vast area of operations in the tropical rainy season. In this case, the support originally came in the form a squadron of Lockheed PV-2 Harpoons from…
The artful use of national power
In its colony of Angola, Portugal during its colonial wars (1961–1974) was able to exploit the economic dependence and divided population loyalties of its hostile neighbours the Congo and Zambia as well as the cleavages within the nationalist movements to prevent a crippling insurgency. The rulers of both countries were largely dependent on Angola for trade, and were eager to have the side effects of the robust Angolan economy with its 11% annual…
Postwar Counterinsurgency and the SAS, 1945-1952
Warfare and the Third World
Angola and the Great War
In Africa Germany had always held a covetous eye for the northern portion of the Portuguese colony of Angola, and World War I provided the long-sought opportunity for it to take what it wished. Neutral Portugal was initially intimidated into concessions on Angola which was invaded by a small German force that wreaked havoc well beyond the interesting one-day battle. The German action turned out to be an isolated tactical engagement, however, that…
Mozambique, German East Africa and the Great War
In Africa Germany had always held a covetous eye for the northern portion of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, and World War I provided the long-sought opportunity for it to take what it wished. Prior to the war German intimidation of Portugal yielded border concessions in southern Angola, the annexation of the mouth of the Rovuma River in Mozambique, and the establishment of a German enclave there at Quionga. As the war unfolded, German colon…
Counterinsurgency in Africa
Counterinsurgency in Africa
Counterinsurgency in Africa
Operation Mar Verde, the strike on Conakry, 1970
(1997). Operation Mar Verde, the strike on Conakry, 1970. Small Wars & Insurgencies: Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 64-81
Counterinsurgency in Africa
Mozambique, German East Africa and the Great War
In Africa Germany had always held a covetous eye for the northern portion of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, and World War I provided the long-sought opportunity for it to take what it wished. Prior to the war German intimidation of Portugal yielded border concessions in southern Angola, the annexation of the mouth of the Rovuma River in Mozambique, and the establishment of a German enclave there at Quionga. As the war unfolded, German colon…
The artful use of national power
In its colony of Angola, Portugal during its colonial wars (1961–1974) was able to exploit the economic dependence and divided population loyalties of its hostile neighbours the Congo and Zambia as well as the cleavages within the nationalist movements to prevent a crippling insurgency. The rulers of both countries were largely dependent on Angola for trade, and were eager to have the side effects of the robust Angolan economy with its 11% annual…
Operation Mar Verde, the strike on Conakry, 1970
(1997). Operation Mar Verde, the strike on Conakry, 1970. Small Wars & Insurgencies: Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 64-81
Operation Mar Verde, the strike on Conakry, 1970
(1997). Operation Mar Verde, the strike on Conakry, 1970. Small Wars & Insurgencies: Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 64-81
Counterinsurgency in Africa
Counterinsurgency in Africa
Counterinsurgency in Africa
Angola and the Great War
In Africa Germany had always held a covetous eye for the northern portion of the Portuguese colony of Angola, and World War I provided the long-sought opportunity for it to take what it wished. Neutral Portugal was initially intimidated into concessions on Angola which was invaded by a small German force that wreaked havoc well beyond the interesting one-day battle. The German action turned out to be an isolated tactical engagement, however, that…
Mozambique, German East Africa and the Great War
In Africa Germany had always held a covetous eye for the northern portion of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, and World War I provided the long-sought opportunity for it to take what it wished. Prior to the war German intimidation of Portugal yielded border concessions in southern Angola, the annexation of the mouth of the Rovuma River in Mozambique, and the establishment of a German enclave there at Quionga. As the war unfolded, German colon…
Postwar Counterinsurgency and the SAS, 1945-1952
Warfare and the Third World
The artful use of national power
In its colony of Angola, Portugal during its colonial wars (1961–1974) was able to exploit the economic dependence and divided population loyalties of its hostile neighbours the Congo and Zambia as well as the cleavages within the nationalist movements to prevent a crippling insurgency. The rulers of both countries were largely dependent on Angola for trade, and were eager to have the side effects of the robust Angolan economy with its 11% annual…
Baixa do Cassang
On 4 January 1961 in Baixa do Cassange, in the north of Angola, the blacks who worked in the cotton fields began a strike. The army with air support was called to quell the rebellion, and the article emphasizes the importance of air support tethered to the ground forces, particularly in a remote and vast area of operations in the tropical rainy season. In this case, the support originally came in the form a squadron of Lockheed PV-2 Harpoons from…
Lessons in airpower projection
The lessons from the two French counterinsurgencies, Indochina and Algeria, give rise to a new understanding of the projection of airpower in remote and hostile environments and the purpose, design, and use of aircraft in counterinsurgency. In both Indochina and Algeria, the campaigns were ones of poverty, and it is their imaginative management under severe resource constraints that provides thoughtful and applicable lessons for today. In both ca…
Mercenaries
Mercenaries and their activities have a certain cachet and entertain a wide fascination with the general public. They are often associated with sinister motives and even more sinister deeds. As Sir
An Unlikely Alliance
The war that Portugal was obliged to fight in Africa began in 1961 and immediately stretched the resources of its armed forces. Nowhere was this thinness more apparent than in policing the vast territory of Angola. The east and southeast of Angola were particularly vulnerable, as the area was a vast, sparsely populated region characterised by enormous featureless plains or chanas covered in tall grass and broken by an extensive river system and m…
Development of Portuguese counterinsurgency, 1961–1974
Political science (14 works) · Portuguese (9 works) · History (8 works) · Military History and Strategy (8 works) · Law (6 works) · African history and culture studies (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Balkan and Eastern European Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works)