Two South Africans in the Portuguese Wars of Decolonization (1961-1975): it could have been better, it could have been worse
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Resumo: | The two books reviewed in this article offer testimonies by two South Africans with direct experience of the Portuguese Wars of Decolonization. Al Venter is the only foreign war correspondent with direct experience in the field in all three theaters of operations of the Portuguese late colonial wars. Brigadier General van der Waals was the Vice-Consul and de facto military attaché in Luanda from 1970 to 1974. Both books show that South Africa was the foreign power most directly involved in these conflicts and with most vital interests at stake. It has, consequently, every reason to pay the closest possible attention to them. Both books also show that, despite the close cooperation in the field between South Africa and Portugal, especially after 1968, the mainstream South African view of these counter-insurgencies was often very critical of the Portuguese war effort. |
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Two South Africans in the Portuguese Wars of Decolonization (1961-1975): it could have been better, it could have been worseSouth AfricaPortugalcounter-insurgencyAngolaMozambiqueThe two books reviewed in this article offer testimonies by two South Africans with direct experience of the Portuguese Wars of Decolonization. Al Venter is the only foreign war correspondent with direct experience in the field in all three theaters of operations of the Portuguese late colonial wars. Brigadier General van der Waals was the Vice-Consul and de facto military attaché in Luanda from 1970 to 1974. Both books show that South Africa was the foreign power most directly involved in these conflicts and with most vital interests at stake. It has, consequently, every reason to pay the closest possible attention to them. Both books also show that, despite the close cooperation in the field between South Africa and Portugal, especially after 1968, the mainstream South African view of these counter-insurgencies was often very critical of the Portuguese war effort.Universidade do PortoBrown University2016-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-64322016000200005e-Journal of Portuguese History v.14 n.2 2016reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-64322016000200005Reis,Bruno Cardosoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-02-06T17:17:37Zoai:scielo:S1645-64322016000200005Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T02:26:08.620678Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Two South Africans in the Portuguese Wars of Decolonization (1961-1975): it could have been better, it could have been worse |
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Two South Africans in the Portuguese Wars of Decolonization (1961-1975): it could have been better, it could have been worse |
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Two South Africans in the Portuguese Wars of Decolonization (1961-1975): it could have been better, it could have been worse Reis,Bruno Cardoso South Africa Portugal counter-insurgency Angola Mozambique |
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Two South Africans in the Portuguese Wars of Decolonization (1961-1975): it could have been better, it could have been worse |
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Two South Africans in the Portuguese Wars of Decolonization (1961-1975): it could have been better, it could have been worse |
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Two South Africans in the Portuguese Wars of Decolonization (1961-1975): it could have been better, it could have been worse |
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Two South Africans in the Portuguese Wars of Decolonization (1961-1975): it could have been better, it could have been worse |
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Two South Africans in the Portuguese Wars of Decolonization (1961-1975): it could have been better, it could have been worse |
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Reis,Bruno Cardoso |
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Reis,Bruno Cardoso |
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Reis,Bruno Cardoso |
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South Africa Portugal counter-insurgency Angola Mozambique |
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South Africa Portugal counter-insurgency Angola Mozambique |
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The two books reviewed in this article offer testimonies by two South Africans with direct experience of the Portuguese Wars of Decolonization. Al Venter is the only foreign war correspondent with direct experience in the field in all three theaters of operations of the Portuguese late colonial wars. Brigadier General van der Waals was the Vice-Consul and de facto military attaché in Luanda from 1970 to 1974. Both books show that South Africa was the foreign power most directly involved in these conflicts and with most vital interests at stake. It has, consequently, every reason to pay the closest possible attention to them. Both books also show that, despite the close cooperation in the field between South Africa and Portugal, especially after 1968, the mainstream South African view of these counter-insurgencies was often very critical of the Portuguese war effort. |
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