"Patrick Chabal and Nuno Vidal's Angola is a thorough introduction to the history and present-day reality of one of Africa's most complex countries. Contributors, who are all leading scholars in the field, offer incisive and original analyses of Angola's colonial history, its ec…
Durante a guerra fria o mundo ocidental em geral considerava os movimentos nacionais de libertação na Guiné Bissau e na África Austral como "terroristas" e/ou "comunistas". A Suécia constituiu uma excepção, tendo depois sido seguida pelos outros países nórdicos. Com base numa de…
Rebels and Robbers is about the political economy of violence in post-colonial Angola. This book provides the first comprehensive attempt at analyzing how the military and non-military dynamics of more than four decades of conflict created the structural violence that stubbornly…
"Rebels and Robbers is about the political economy of violence in post-colonial Angola. This book provides the first comprehensive attempt at analyzing how the military and non-military dynamics of more than four decades of conflict created the structural violence that stubbornl…
Angola, slowly recovering from a 27-year civil war, is becoming a regional superpower in southern Africa. This rise can be attributed to oil, diamonds, battle-tested armed forces, and a political system dominated by one party--the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (the P…
This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Angola contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and c…