Table of Contents

Foreword by General Bernard E. Trainor A Remarkable Feat of Arms Commitment to the Ultramar O Exército na Guerra Subversiva: Portuguese Counterinsurgency Doctrine on the Eve of War Portuguese Organization, Education, and Training for Counterinsurgency Portuguese Africanization of Counterinsurgency Portuguese Intelligence Network in Counterinsurgency Portuguese Approach to Mobility in Counterinsurgency Portuguese Social Operations and Aldeamentos Selected Aspects of Logistical Operations The Portuguese Way Selected Bibliography Index

Promotional Information

This is a splendid book on a little known subject. Captain Dr. John P. Cann presents a thorough and unbiased study of the Portuguese Campaigns in Africa, 1961-1974. He read many books, examined reports, interviewed people involved in the operations and, retaining the main points, related them in an outstanding way. In the end, his book results in a comprehensive study, unparalleled by any books published in Portugal or elsewhere...Captain Dr. Cann deserves to be commended for a well-done work. -- General J.M. Bethencourt Rodrigues^LFormer Army Chief of Staff, Angola^Land former Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces and Governor of Guin^D'e^R A fascinating and comprehensive account on the Portuguese-African Campaigns...Through careful research and a balanced presentation of oral history, Captain Dr. Cann shows how a counterinsurgency war could be fought. To my knowledge, this is the best book in English on the subject. -- Brigadier-General Renato F. Marques Pinto^LFormer Chief of Military Intelligence, Angola^Land former Army Chief of Staff, Mozambique^R

About the Author

John P. Cann, a former naval flight officer and retired captain, served both on the staff of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict and subsequently on that of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. He holds a PhD in war studies from King's College, University of London, and has published articles on counterinsurgency and military funding.

Reviews

Cann, who served in the Pentagon, lays out the story with an eye to contrasts with U.S. policy. His study . . . is concise and useful.
*Choice*

The book will be embraced in Portugal, where the parade of celebrations marking the five-century anniversary of Portugal's maritime expansion prepared audiences for Cann's reinterpretation of the colonial war experience in a more positive light.
*African History*