A detailed examination of the events before and after the Battle of Angola, with several chapters covering the colonial struggle between Africa and Portugal.
The world’s oldest still-active war correspondent shares the real stories behind half a century of headlines from the front lines.
Portugal's three wars in Africa in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea (Guine-Bissau today) lasted almost 13 years - longer than the United States Army fought in Vietnam. Yet they are among the most underreported conflicts of the modern era.
Latest edition to the Cold War series, this time focussing on The Biafra War.
Insurgencies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere-the majority linked to al Qaeda-are in the news on an almost daily... Læs mere
Set against the back-drop of the Cold War, Al Venter examines the Soviet-led guerrilla conflict in Portuguese Guinea which sought to expel the Portuguese colonials over a brutal 10-year war. Insight in to one of the African conflicts of the Cold War frontier.
A new account of how Portugal fought a bush war in Mozambique for over a decade.
An exploration of how Jihadist forces are responsible for instigating and escalating conflicts in countries across Africa.