| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Wolverhampton military studies ; number 7
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Wolverhampton military studies ; no. 7.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of Photographs; List of Maps; Preface; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Portugal Besieged; 2. Over the Brink; 3. The New Air Strategy; 4. Into Africa; 5. Assault on the North of Angola; 6. Retaking the North of Angola; 7. Aerial Reconnaissance and Intelligence; 8. Guiné: A Beastly Place; 9. The Last Frontier; 10. The Road to Alcora; 11. Angola's "Eastern Front"; 12. Securing the North of Angola; 13. Spínola and the New Air War in Guiné; 14. The Leverage of Airpower; Selected Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Following the 1952 reorganization of the Portuguese Air Force from the army and naval air arms, Portugal now had an entity dedicated solely to aviation that would bring it into line with its new NATO commitment. As it proceeded to develop a competence in modern multiengine and jet fighter aircraft for its NATO role and train a professional corps of pilots, it was suddenly confronted in 1961 with fighting insurgencies in all three of its African possessions. This development forced it to acquire an entirely new and separate air force, the African air force, to address this emerging danger. This. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Angola -- History -- Revolution, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Portuguese.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- Central. |
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Military participation -- Portuguese. |
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Angola. |
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Revolution (Angola : 1961-1975) |
| Chronological Term |
1961-1975 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cann, John P., 1941- Flight plan Africa. West Midlands, England : Helion & Co., 2015 9781909982062 (OCoLC)865495203 |
| ISBN |
9781910777541 (electronic book) |
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1910777544 (electronic book) |
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9781909982062 |
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1909982067 (paperback) |
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