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Battle for Angola : the End of the Cold War in Africa C 1975-89.

Author: Al J Venter
Publisher: Havertown : Helion & Company, Limited, 2017.
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Genre/Form: Electronic books
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Venter, Al J.
Battle for Angola : The End of the Cold War in Africa C 1975-89.
Havertown : Helion & Company, Limited, ©2017
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Al J Venter
ISBN: 9781913118105 191311810X
OCLC Number: 1101030812
Description: 1 online resource (562 pages)
Contents: Intro; Cover; About The Author; Book Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Glossary; Acknowledgement; Introduction: Portugal's Wars in Africa; Part I: Overview; 1 Angola's War Against the Rebels The Beginning of the End; 2 The Cafunfo Campaign Gathers Momentum; 3 Cafunfo Done and Dusted; 4 Portugal's African Origins; 5 Angola: More Recent Colonial Scenarios; 6 Luanda --
A Very Personal View; 7 Portugal's Armed Forces Against its Guerrilla Adversaries; 8 South Africa's Air Force Joins in the Fray; 9 The South African Army Moves In; Part: Aftermath 10 A Two-Decade War on Angola's Southern Frontiers11 Late 1975 --
Luanda in the Final Stages of a Political Handover; 12 Cuba's Revolutionary Role in Angola; 13 Angola's New Political Dispensation and South Africa's Border War; 14 Civil War: The Start; 15 The Trial; 16 Task Force Foxbat --
The South African Army Moves into Central Angola; 17 Fred Bridgland --
Uncovering the Cover-Up; 18 32 Battalion --
A Crack Strike Force; 19 Airborne: Countering the Angolan Threat; 20 Into Angola with Charlie Company; 21 Caught in an Angolan Minefield; 22 Special Forces: The Recces --
Best of the Best 23 The Recces Blow the Bridge at Cuito Cuanavale24 The Commanding Influence of the Ratel Infantry Fighting Vehicle on Mobile Warfare in Southern Africa; 25 Angola's Tank Battle on the Lomba:1 David Mannall Tells Us How South African Armoured Vehicles Knocked Out Soviet Tanks; Part III Backblast: Civil Warand Enter The Mercenaries; 26 The African Adversaries; 27 Consequences That Followed Lisbon Abandoning its African Possessions; 28 The Soldier of Fortune Syndrome; 29 Executive Outcomes --
The Private Military Company that Altered the Balance of Power in Angola1 30 The Battle for Angola's Soyo --
African History in the Making131 The Fighting Continues; 32 How Executive Outcomes Ran it's Campaigns in Angola; 33 Mercenary Air War in Angola; 34 The Mercenary Air War Continues; Bibliography; Index

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