War of Intervention in Angola: Volume 1 - Angolan and Cuban Forces at War, 1975-1976
By (Author) Tom Cooper
By (author) Adrien Fontanellaz
Helion & Company
Helion & Company
9th October 2018
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
History and Archaeology
967.304
72
Width 210mm, Height 298mm
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
"Admirably annotated, the picture-packed study sports dozens of rare photos. And 18 color profiles nine aircraft by co-author Cooper and nine armor by David Bocquelet survey the swath of conflict colors. Action accounts, sidebars, and extended, explanatory captions also supplement the study. A helpful glossary lists key acronyms. A selected bibliography cites sources. And tables and maps augment the account." -- David L. Veres * Cybermodeler *
This book should provide readers with a more complete understanding of the of the early conflict in Angola. Recommended. * Britmodeller *
"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 *
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, about which he has collected extensive archives. This has resulted in specialization in such Middle Eastern air forces as of those of Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, plus various African and Asian air forces. Except for authoring and co-authoring more than 30 books - including about a dozen of titles for Helions @War series - and over 1000 articles, Cooper is a regular correspondent for multiple defense-related publications. 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 Center), 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.