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Counterinsurgency in Africa
The Portuguese Way of War, 1961-1974
John P. Cann
978-1-57356-815-9

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Counterinsurgency in Africa

The Portuguese Way of War, 1961-1974

John P. Cann John P. Cann

February 1997

Praeger

Series: Contributions in Military Studies

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The Portuguese planning for and conduct of its 1961-1974 counterinsurgency campaign in Africa.

The first comprehensive account in English of how the Portuguese Armed Forces prepared for and conducted a distant counterinsurgency campaign in its African possessions with very limited resources, choosing to stay and fight despite the small odds for success. The Portuguese military crafted its doctrine and implemented it to match the guerrilla strategy of protracted war, and in doing so, followed the lessons gleaned from the British and French experiences in small wars. The Portuguese approach to the conflict was distinct in that it sought to combine the two-pronged national strategy of containing the cost of the war and of spreading the burden to the colonies with the solution on the battlefield. It describes how Portugal defined and analyzed its insurgency problem in light of the available knowledge on counterinsurgency, how it developed its military policies and doctrines in this context, and how it applied them in the African colonial environment. The uniqueness of its approach is highlighted through a thematic military analysis of the Portuguese effort and a comparison with the experiences of other governments fighting similar contemporaneous wars.
Foreword by General Bernard E. Trainor
A Remarkable Feat of Arms
Commitment to the Ultramar
O Exército na Guerra Subversiva: Portuguese Counterinsurgency Doctrine on the Eve of War
Portuguese Organization, Education, and Training for Counterinsurgency
Portuguese Africanization of Counterinsurgency
Portuguese Intelligence Network in Counterinsurgency
Portuguese Approach to Mobility in Counterinsurgency
Portuguese Social Operations and Aldeamentos
Selected Aspects of Logistical Operations
The Portuguese Way
Selected Bibliography
Index
Reviews
Cann, who served in the Pentagon, lays out the story with an eye to contrasts with U.S. policy. His study...is concise and useful.—Choice

The book will be embraced in Portugal, where the parade of celebrations marking the five-century anniversary of Portugal's maritime expansion prepared audiences for Cann's reinterpretation of the colonial war experience in a more positive light.—African History

Endorsements
This is a splendid book on a little known subject. Captain Dr. John P. Cann presents a thorough and unbiased study of the Portuguese Campaigns in Africa, 1961-1974. He read many books, examined reports, interviewed people involved in the operations and, retaining the main points, related them in an outstanding way. In the end, his book results in a comprehensive study, unparalleled by any books published in Portugal or elsewhere...Captain Dr. Cann deserves to be commended for a well-done work.—General J.M. Bethencourt Rodrigues^LFormer Army Chief of Staff, Angola^Land former Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces and Governor of Guin^D'e^R

A fascinating and comprehensive account on the Portuguese-African Campaigns...Through careful research and a balanced presentation of oral history, Captain Dr. Cann shows how a counterinsurgency war could be fought. To my knowledge, this is the best book in English on the subject.—Brigadier-General Renato F. Marques Pinto^LFormer Chief of Military Intelligence, Angola^Land former Army Chief of Staff, Mozambique^R





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