Portugal's Bush War in Mozambique [Hardcover]

A new account of how Portugal fought a bush war in Mozambique for over a decade.Portugal fought a bush war in Mozambique  one of the most beautiful countries in the world  for over a decade. The small European nation was ranged against formidable odds and in the end was unable to muster the resources required to effectively take on the might of the Soviet Union and its collaborators  every single communist country on the planet and almost all of sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, Al Venter argues, Portugal did not actually lose the war, and indeed fought in difficult terrain with a good degree of success over an extended period. It was radical domestic politics that heralded the end.Mozambique is once again embroiled in a guerrilla war, this time against a large force of Islamic militants, many from Somalia and some Arab countries, and unequivocally backed by Islamic State and the lessons of Mozambiques bush war are still relevant today.A new account of how Portugal fought a bush war in Mozambique for over a decade.Northern Mozambique is one of the toughest regions on earth in which to fight a guerrilla war: it is remote, isolate and has always been unkind to the intruder. This book explains how the Portuguese handled it.Portugal fought three colonial wars on that continent that lasted 13 years, or twice as long as the American Army was officially at war in Vietnam.Mozambiques guerrilla war two generations ago has an enormous bearing how modern armies fight insurgencies in Africa today. Lisbon succeeded largely where some European armies in Africa today are simply not managing to hold ground. This book can provide a template for the future of such modern-day wars. The lessons journalist Venter describes from Mozambiques 'Bush War' are extremely important as our democratic nations move deeper into the new century. INTRODUCTIONCHAPTER ONE  Mozambique : Yesterday and TodayCHAPTER TWO  Lisbons Five Century Maritime LegacyCHAPTER THREE  The Early Colonial Period in Portulój