Portugal'S Bush War in Mozambique

Al J. Venter is a specialist military writer and has had 50 books published. He started his career with Geneva's Interavia Group, then owners of International Defence Review, to cover military developments in the Middle East and Africa. Venter has been writing on these and related issues such as guerrilla warfare, insurgency, the Middle East and conflict in general for half a century. He was involved with Jane's Information Group for more than 30 years and was a stringer for the BBC, NBC News (New York) as well as London's Daily Express and Sunday Express. He branched into television work in the early 1980s and produced more than 100 documentaries, many of which were internationally flighted. His one-hour film, Africa's Killing Fields (on the Ugandan civil war), was shown nationwide in the United States on the PBS network. Other films include an hour-long programme on the fifth anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, as well as AIDS: The African Connection, nominated for China's Pink Magnolia Award.

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE - Mozambique : Yesterday and Today CHAPTER TWO - Lisbon's Five Century Maritime Legacy CHAPTER THREE - The Early Colonial Period in Portuguese East Africa CHAPTER FOUR - Germany's Invasion During the Great War CHAPTER FIVE - The Late Colonial Period CHAPTER SIX - A Broader Assessment of Africa's Colonial Wars CHAPTER SEVEN - Tete Convoy in Mozambique's War CHAPTER EIGHT - Mozambique's Military Contradictions CHAPTER NINE - How Others Viewed This Portuguese Conflict CHAPTER TEN - The Legend of a Guerrilla Fighter CHAPTER ELEVEN - The Role of African Troops in Lisbon's Wars CHAPTER TWELVE - The Portuguese Air Force in Mozambique CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Old Timer of Portugal's Air Wars CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Zambezi - Fulcrum of Guerrilla Operations CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Rhodesian Involvement in the War CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Enemies CHAPTER SEVENTEEN -The Landmine War CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - War Wounded CHAPTER NINETEEN - Why Portugal Lost its African Possessions CHAPTER TWENTY - Portugal's Forces Leave Africa BIBLIOGRAPHY GLOSSARY INDEX