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03474aam a2200469 i 4500 001 30D8CEE4F47811EDA3FB15433FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230517010023 008 201218t20212021enkab b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1914059069 020 $a 9781914059063 035 $a (OCoLC)1227273251 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d CDX $d OCLCO $d BDX $d NLMVD $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d INU $d SILO 043 $a f-ao--- $a e-uk--- $a f-ao--- 050 4 $a DT1428 $b .R66 2021 082 04 $a 967.304/1 $2 23 100 1 $a Rookes, Stephen, $e author. 245 14 $a The CIA and British mercenaries in Angola, 1975-1976 : $b from operation IA/FEATURE to the massacre at Maquela / $c Stephen Rookes. 264 1 $a Warwick : $b Helion & Company, $c [2021] 300 $a 80 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 30 cm. 490 1 $a Africa@war series ; $v 53 500 $a Cover title. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-72). 520 $a "The 1974 Carnation Revolution came as a blessing for independence movements in Portugal's African colonies: Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea. As had been the case in a number of sub-Saharan countries suddenly finding themselves free of the colonial yoke, the political vacuum left behind by a previously omnipresent power gave different factions the opportunity to impose their own form of rule. Angola was no different: civil war broke out in 1975 and was to last until 2002.In some ways the Angolan civil war bore similarities to the one which had taken place in neighboring DRC. Too much was at stake for the West not to intervene in some shape or form and in July 1975 President Ford authorized the CIA to provide covert assistance to the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). With South Africa providing military support against a Cuban-backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), another southwestern African nation became the battleground for a war of ideologies. In 1975-1976, no fewer than nine different armed forces were involved in the fighting. In addition, a large group of British mercenaries were recruited to train FNLA soldiers. The role of these soldiers of fortune would end in ignominy, death and legislative changes intended to rid mercenaries from conflict forever." 610 10 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency $x History $y 20th century. 610 17 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00536259 650 0 $a Mercenary troops $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Angola $x Participation, American. $y Civil War, 1975-2002 $x Participation, American. 651 0 $a Angola $x Secret service. $y Civil War, 1975-2002 $x Secret service. 650 6 $a Mercenaires $z Grande-Bretagne $x Histoire $y 20e siecle. 651 6 $a Angola $x Service secret. $y 1975-2002 (Guerre civile) $x Service secret. 650 7 $a Mercenary troops. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01016918 650 7 $a Military participation $x American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353700 650 7 $a Secret service. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01110661 651 7 $a Angola. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208401 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 648 7 $a 1900-2002 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Africa@War ; $v v. 53. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117023356.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=30D8CEE4F47811EDA3FB15433FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search