A new account of how Portugal fought a bush war in Mozambique for over a decade.
Portugal fought a bush war in Mozambique — one of the most beautiful countries in the world — for over a decade. The small European nation was ranged against formidable odds and in the end was unable to muster the resources required to effectively take on the might of the Soviet Union and its collaborators — every single communist country on the planet and almost all of sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, Al Venter argues, Portugal did not actually lose the war, and indeed fought in difficult terrain with a good degree of success over an extended period. It was radical domestic politics that heralded the end.
Mozambique is once again embroiled in a guerrilla war, this time against a large force of Islamic militants, many from Somalia and some Arab countries, and unequivocally backed by Islamic State and the lessons of Mozambique’s bush war are still relevant today.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE – Mozambique : Yesterday and Today
CHAPTER TWO – Lisbon’s Five Century Maritime Legacy
CHAPTER THREE – The Early Colonial Period in Portuguese East Africa
CHAPTER FOUR – Germany's Invasion During the Great War
CHAPTER FIVE – The Late Colonial Period
CHAPTER SIX – A Broader Assessment of Africa’s Colonial Wars
CHAPTER SEVEN – Tete Convoy in Mozambique’s War
CHAPTER EIGHT – Mozambique’s Military Contradictions
CHAPTER NINE – How Others Viewed This Portuguese Conflict
CHAPTER TEN – The Legend of a Guerrilla Fighter
CHAPTER ELEVEN - The Role of African Troops in Lisbon’s Wars
CHAPTER TWELVE – The Portuguese Air Force in Mozambique
CHAPTER THIRTEEN – Old Timer of Portugal’s Air Wars
CHAPTER FOURTEEN – Zambezi – Fulcrum of Guerrilla Operations
CHAPTER FIFTEEN – Rhodesian Involvement in the War
CHAPTER SIXTEEN – Enemies
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN –The Landmine War
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN – War Wounded
CHAPTER NINETEEN – Why Portugal Lost its African Possessions
CHAPTER TWENTY – Portugal’s Forces Leave Africa
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GLOSSARY
INDEX
