The Resource Angola : a modern military history, 1961-2002, Stephen L. Weigert
Angola : a modern military history, 1961-2002, Stephen L. Weigert
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- Summary
- "This study is the first comprehensive assessment of warfare in Angola to cover all three phases of the nation's modern history: the anti-colonial struggle, the Cold War phase, and the post-Cold War era. It is also the first to cover, in detail, the final phase of warfare in Angola, 1998-2002, culminating in Jonas Savimbi's death and the signing of the Luena Accord. Author Stephen Weigart offers a controversial account of the strategy of guerrilla warfare employed by the Unita insurgency as well as an assessment of the role and significance of leadership in insurgency. He challenges the conventional view of Jonas Savimbi as a 'student of Mao Zedong' and demonstrates that his strategy of guerrilla warfare represented a more complex and nuanced adaptation of additional influences, notably Colonel George Grivas of the 1950s Cyprus insurgency. Moreover, this account also urges the reader to consider Savimbi's 'charisma' as a character trait which blinded and distracted many from a more sober assessment of his political inclinations (reformer or revolutionary) and his abilities as a military commander"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Angola : a modern military history, 1961-2002
- Title
- Angola
- Title remainder
- a modern military history, 1961-2002
- Statement of responsibility
- Stephen L. Weigert
- Subject
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- Angola -- History -- Revolution, 1961-1975
- Guerrilla warfare -- Angola | History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / Africa / South / General
- Angola -- History -- Civil War, 1975-2002
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- Savimbi, Jonas Malheiro
- União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola
- HISTORY / Military / General
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This study is the first comprehensive assessment of warfare in Angola to cover all three phases of the nation's modern history: the anti-colonial struggle, the Cold War phase, and the post-Cold War era. It is also the first to cover, in detail, the final phase of warfare in Angola, 1998-2002, culminating in Jonas Savimbi's death and the signing of the Luena Accord. Author Stephen Weigart offers a controversial account of the strategy of guerrilla warfare employed by the Unita insurgency as well as an assessment of the role and significance of leadership in insurgency. He challenges the conventional view of Jonas Savimbi as a 'student of Mao Zedong' and demonstrates that his strategy of guerrilla warfare represented a more complex and nuanced adaptation of additional influences, notably Colonel George Grivas of the 1950s Cyprus insurgency. Moreover, this account also urges the reader to consider Savimbi's 'charisma' as a character trait which blinded and distracted many from a more sober assessment of his political inclinations (reformer or revolutionary) and his abilities as a military commander"--
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- Weigert, Stephen L
- Dewey number
- 967.304
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DT1405
- LC item number
- .W45 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola
- Savimbi, Jonas Malheiro
- Angola
- Angola
- Guerrilla warfare
- HISTORY / Africa / South / General
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Military / General
- Label
- Angola : a modern military history, 1961-2002, Stephen L. Weigert
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 703209402
- Dimensions
- cm.
- Extent
- pages
- Isbn
- 9780230117778
- Lccn
- 2011014071
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)703209402
- Label
- Angola : a modern military history, 1961-2002, Stephen L. Weigert
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 703209402
- Dimensions
- cm.
- Extent
- pages
- Isbn
- 9780230117778
- Lccn
- 2011014071
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)703209402
Subject
- Angola -- History -- Revolution, 1961-1975
- Guerrilla warfare -- Angola | History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / Africa / South / General
- Angola -- History -- Civil War, 1975-2002
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- Savimbi, Jonas Malheiro
- União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola
- HISTORY / Military / General
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