Alcora
Subtitle: o acordo secreto do colonialismo : Portugal, África do Sul e Rodésia na última fase da guerra colonial
By: Aniceto Afonso, Carlos de Matos Gomes ; pref., Fernando Rosas
Contributors: Gomes, Carlos de Matos
Publisher: Divina Comédia
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Lisboa
Language: por
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9789898633019
Subjects: Foreign relations; Military policy
Description: "A key historical document that reveals the existence of a strategic agreement between Portugal, South Africa and Rhodesia held at the end of the colonial war - Alcora, The Secret Agreement of Colonialism, reveals a strategic reveals a strategic agreement formalized in October 1970 at the highest level between Portugal, South Africa and Rhodesia, involving political, economic and military, with the aim of preserving power in the hands the Portuguese colonial regime and racist regimes of the other two countries, immediately assuring the military defeat of the guerrillas national liberation. The book gives an insight how the South African military chiefs, parallel to the growth of its financial assistance, operational and logistical support for the war, are gaining a simultaneous view of power and interference in the conduct of operations in Angola and Mozambique, opining as to the matters more immediate conduct of the war on the ground and the merit of the official or officials, which arises today, though, as amazing as it can be unusual and intrusive."--Internet.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.