The Origins of the Angolan Civil War : Foreign Intervention and Domestic Political Conflict

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Summary: Insightful, thoughtful, often beautifully written analysis
Review: Insightful, thoughtful and often beautifully written analysis the internal and external forces that lead to the devasting, unending civil war in Angola. Addressing the geopolitical pressures informing the intervention into a local internal conflict of the Portuguese, South Africans, Soviets, Cubans, and Americans, author Andresen Guimaraes artfully reveals the international nature of the Angolan war and its devasting effect on the Angolan peoples. A fascinating study, which is so well written that it is definitely NOT for experts only.

Rating:
Summary: Insightful, thoughtful, often beautifully written analysis
Review: Insightful, thoughtful and often beautifully written analysis the internal and external forces that lead to the devasting, unending civil war in Angola. Addressing the geopolitical pressures informing the intervention into a local internal conflict of the Portuguese, South Africans, Soviets, Cubans, and Americans, author Andresen Guimaraes artfully reveals the international nature of the Angolan war and its devasting effect on the Angolan peoples. A fascinating study, which is so well written that it is definitely NOT for experts only.