The Origins of the Angolan Civil War : Foreign Intervention and Domestic Political Conflict, 1961-76

This investigation of the origins of the Angolan civil war of 1975-76 exmines the interaction between internal and external factors to reveal the domestic roots of the conflict and the impact of foreign intervention on the civil war. The formative influence of colonialism and anti-colonialism on the emergence of Angolan rivalry since 1961 is described, and the externalization of that power struggle is analyzed from a perspective of both international and domestic politics. An investigation of the origins of the Angolan civil war of 1975-76. By looking at the interaction between internal and external factors, it reveals the domestic roots of the conflict and the impact of foreign intervention on the civil war. The formative influence of colonialism and anti-colonialism on the emergence of Angolan rivalry since 1961 is described, and the externalization of that power struggle is analysed from a perspective of both international and domestic politics. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Portuguese Colonialism in Angola....Pages 3-30 Angolan Anti-Colonialism....Pages 31-57 Exile Politics....Pages 58-82 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 The Angolan Civil War 1975–76....Pages 85-113 Zaire and South Africa....Pages 114-135 Cuba and China....Pages 136-160 The Soviet Union and the United States....Pages 161-195 Conclusion....Pages 196-201 Back Matter....Pages 202-250 After the much lamented 'loss' of Brazil to independence in 1822, Angola replaced the South American giant at the centre of affections of the idealists of Portuguese grandeur. " ... An apt introduction to Angola and its interminable wrangles."--Sousa Jamba, The Times Literary Supplement Fernando Andresen Guimarães. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 237-244) And Index.