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title: "Portugal's Guerrilla Wars in Africa: Lisbon's Three Wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portugese Guinea 1961-74 Paperback – June 19, 2015"
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# Portugal's Guerrilla Wars in Africa: Lisbon's Three Wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portugese Guinea 1961-74 Paperback – June 19, 2015

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly Interesting
*by B***Z on January 28, 2016*

This book is an extremely interesting account of Portugal's wars of decolonization in three different places in Africa. The book's point of view is from that of an embedded reporter so there are many personal accounts and personal interviews with Portuguese officers and men.The book really makes a person think. The Portuguese had held their colonies in Africa longer than the United States has held Texas and Angola and Mozambique in particular are failed states since the Portuguese left. Perhaps, America could have subsidized Portugal's Wars rather than waste so much time propping up South Vietnam.This book is really excellent for any person interested in the Portuguese Empire, the Decolonial Wars in Africa, and the Cold War in general this book is for you.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Almost 5 stars
*by K***Y on May 16, 2015*

Overall a well-written, well-documented book. The author knows his business. I give it 4 stars instead of 5 for two main reasons:1. Some not-so-factual and contradictory comments about Portuguese policies in Africa and mistakes in conducting the war. Especially interesting when some times the author makes comparisons with the Rhodesian and South-African cases (in a favorable light for these two latter countries), with the outcome for both countries being exactly the same, i.e. losing the war. Furthermore, it can be strongly argued that Portugal did not lose the war (neither did win it) but ended its 500+ year presence in Africa in the worst possible way, by virtue of rushed and unwise policies in Continental Portugal after the revolution in 1974. The author also struggles in understanding why so many black troops (including elite commandos) were so loyal to Portugal instead of embracing the anti-colonial movements, but fails to understand the old saying that was created by the Belgians and British int he 19th Century (in a derogatory way, in their view): "God created the black and the white, the Portuguese created the mulatto"2. For somebody that spent considerable time in Portuguese African territories and in Portugal itself, the use of what intends to be Portuguese words is less than good. A typical trait of some English individuals that can't learn simple words in a foreign language. For instance, the author repeatedly uses the term "Alfares" instead of "Alferes" (a military rank) and "Chef do Poste" when the correct term is "Chefe do Posto". Not a huge problem, but an opportunity for further improving what is already a very good book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Guerrilla warfare
*by F***O on September 26, 2021*

I really enjoyed reading this book. For students of History and Guerrilla war . The author Al. J . Venter Like it or not Venter is a great author who really tells it like it is .

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