Angola
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan (GB) |
| ISBN-13 | 9780230337831 |
| Open Library | OL20705765W |
| Total publications | 6 |
| Coverage period | 2011 - 2011 |
| Language | EN |
| Cited by | 15 |
| h-index | 1 |
| i10-index | 1 |
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 er
The Quest for a Strategy of Guerrilla Warfare (1961–65)
M ao Zedong’s political/military career provided a definitive model to emulate for many Africans who aspired to take part in an anticolonial independence movement in the 1950s. China’s emergence as a world power and Mao’s eagerness to promote his views on Marxism, revolution, and economic development made Beijing a focal point for Third World political and military leaders seeking inspiration as well as material support. Beijing offered military …
Guerrilla and Conventional Warfare (1978–90)
International and regional intervention in the Angolan civil war added layers of complexity to the military strategy Luanda and its opponents employed. The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola’s (UNITA’s) renewed conduct of a Maoist-inspired guerrilla war challenged Luanda and its patrons to devise a counterinsurgency strategy. Neither Moscow nor Havana responded successfully, in part because they also faced a South African militar…
From Peace to War and Back (1991–2002)
As Angola emerged from the ideological morass of the Cold War, competing strategies of guerrilla warfare were eclipsed by debates concerning appropriate techniques of conflict resolution. External actors who had deployed combatants and intensified hostilities were replaced by foreign troops who arrived to monitor a cease-fire and support a peace process. As the Popular Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA) and UNITA/FALA (National Uni…
Conclusion
T he rapid end of hostilities after Jonas Savimbi’s death in February 2002 barely masked the fragility of the peace so solemnly announced several months later. Angolans chose amnesty over accountability as a guiding principle, unlike their counterparts in war-torn Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Rwanda. Emphasizing forgiveness rather than justice seemed shortsighted to those who insisted there could be no lasting peace without the punishment of those …
Asian Strategies and Angolan Realities (1966–77)
A ngola’s history is replete with examples of anticolonial wars that provided inspiration, if not strategies, to twentieth-century guerrillas. From 1500 to the early 1900s, Portuguese forces successfully countered uprisings throughout the Angolan countryside. Regardless of the Asian or Latin American inspired strategies they preferred, the foremost challenge faced by twentieth-century Angolan nationalists was to demonstrate to their fellow citize…
Angola
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 er
Angola
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 er
The Quest for a Strategy of Guerrilla Warfare (1961–65)
M ao Zedong’s political/military career provided a definitive model to emulate for many Africans who aspired to take part in an anticolonial independence movement in the 1950s. China’s emergence as a world power and Mao’s eagerness to promote his views on Marxism, revolution, and economic development made Beijing a focal point for Third World political and military leaders seeking inspiration as well as material support. Beijing offered military …
Guerrilla and Conventional Warfare (1978–90)
International and regional intervention in the Angolan civil war added layers of complexity to the military strategy Luanda and its opponents employed. The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola’s (UNITA’s) renewed conduct of a Maoist-inspired guerrilla war challenged Luanda and its patrons to devise a counterinsurgency strategy. Neither Moscow nor Havana responded successfully, in part because they also faced a South African militar…
From Peace to War and Back (1991–2002)
As Angola emerged from the ideological morass of the Cold War, competing strategies of guerrilla warfare were eclipsed by debates concerning appropriate techniques of conflict resolution. External actors who had deployed combatants and intensified hostilities were replaced by foreign troops who arrived to monitor a cease-fire and support a peace process. As the Popular Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA) and UNITA/FALA (National Uni…
Conclusion
T he rapid end of hostilities after Jonas Savimbi’s death in February 2002 barely masked the fragility of the peace so solemnly announced several months later. Angolans chose amnesty over accountability as a guiding principle, unlike their counterparts in war-torn Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Rwanda. Emphasizing forgiveness rather than justice seemed shortsighted to those who insisted there could be no lasting peace without the punishment of those …
Asian Strategies and Angolan Realities (1966–77)
A ngola’s history is replete with examples of anticolonial wars that provided inspiration, if not strategies, to twentieth-century guerrillas. From 1500 to the early 1900s, Portuguese forces successfully countered uprisings throughout the Angolan countryside. Regardless of the Asian or Latin American inspired strategies they preferred, the foremost challenge faced by twentieth-century Angolan nationalists was to demonstrate to their fellow citize…
Angola
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 er