War of Intervention in Angola: Volume 1: Angolan and Cuban Forces at War, 1975-1976

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Traces the performance and experiences of the MPLA and Cuban forces at war with South Africans and the third Angolan insurgent group - UNITA. As of 1975, the decades long insurgency in Angola appeared to be short of its conclusion. However, with no less than three major insurgent movements fighting for supremacy, the war went on and then South Africa, USA, the Soviet Union, Zaire and Cuba became involved. Based on extensive research with help of Angolan and Cuban sources, the War of Intervention in Angola provides a unique insight precisely into the topic. The volume is illustrated with over 100 rare photographs, 10 maps and 12 colour profiles. AUTHORS: Tom Cooper is an Austrian aerial warfare analyst and historian. Following a career in worldwide transportation business during which he established a network of contacts in the Middle East and Africa he moved into narrow-focus analysis and writing on small, little-known air forces and conflicts Adrien Fontanellaz, from Switzerland, is a military history researcher and author. 97 photos, 6 maps, 18 colour profiles, 13 tables

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The authors describe this diverse web well and do a good job in [making] it as clear as possible. * Army Rumour Service 17/12/2018 *
I think this book might be especially of interest to wargamers looking to create scenarios based on these campaigns, as there really is a lot of useful detail. * Armorama 03/12/2018 *
This book should provide readers with a more complete understanding of the of the early conflict in Angola. Recommended. * Britmodeller.com *
Adrien Fontanellaz and Tom Coopers book is an interesting and enriching reading, destined not only to historians, but also to non specialists who want to understand one of the most complex historical events in the mid- twentieth century Africa, as well as its implications outside Angola. More than history, War of Intervention in Angola is food for thought. * Africa Book Reviews *
If the subject matter interests you, then you need to read this book. I am looking forward to subsequent volumes. Recommended. * Scale Military Modelling International Magazine 04/02/2019 *

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Adrien Fontanellaz, from Switzerland, is a military history researcher and author. He developed a passion for military history at an early age and has progressively narrowed his studies to modern-day conflicts. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Pully-based Centre dhistoire et de prospective militaries (Military History and Prospectives Centre), and regularly contributes for the Revue Militaire Suisse and various French military history magazines. He is co-founder and a regular contributor to the French military history website Lautre cot de la colline, and this is his seventh title for Helions @War series. Tom Cooper is an Austrian aerial warfare analyst and historian. Following a career in the worldwide transportation business during which he established a network of contacts in the Middle East and Africa he moved into narrow-focus analysis and writing on small, little-known air forces and conflicts, about which he has collected extensive archives. This has resulted in specialisation in such Middle Eastern air forces as of those of Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, plus various African and Asian air forces. As well as authoring and co-authoring more than 50 books - including an in-depth analysis of major Arab air forces at wars with Israel in period 1955-1973 - and over 1000 articles, Cooper is editor of Helion's five @War series.