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- ISBN 9780850458435
- Weight: 200g
- Dimensions: 182 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jul 1988
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Portugal was both the first and the last of the huge European colonial powers.
For 500 years Portugal had colonies in Africa. In 1960, as liberation movements swept across colonial Africa, the Portuguese flag still flew over vast expanses of territory across the continent. The spread of decolonization and the establishment of independent states whose governments were sympathetic to the cause of African nationalism led, in the early 1960s, to a series of wars in Angola, Guiné and Mozambique.
This book details each of these liberation movements, focusing on the equipment, uniforms and organization of the Portuguese forces.
Peter Abbott is a retired university lecturer. He has written or co-authored a number of Men-at-Arms titles for Osprey Publishing. He is particularly interested in 19th and 20th century armies that are less well known to the English speaking reader.
A respected historian specializing in 20th century Africa, Manuel Rodrigues also contributed to this book.
Ronald Volstad was born in 1949 in Alberta, Canada, where he still lives and works. His first illustrations were published in 1970; since then he has become widely known for his work for Squadron, Osprey Publishing and Dragon Models, and has also worked as a courtroom artist for TV news.
