PORTUGAL AND SOUTH AFRICA: CLOSE ALLIES OR UNWILLING PARTNERS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA DURING THE COLD WAR?

dc.creator	Paulo Correia
dc.creator	Grietjie Verhoef
dc.date	2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:51Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:51Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/37-1-59
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8fb6886b58014047846fe60e776a831a
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8525
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/8fb6886b58014047846fe60e776a831a
dc.description	The popular perception of the existence of a straightforward alliance between<br />Portugal and South Africa as a result of the growing efficacy of African nationalist<br />groups during the 1960s and early 1970s has never been seriously questioned.<br />However, new research into recently declassified documents from the Portuguese<br />military archives and an extensive overview of the Portuguese and South African<br />diplomatic records from that period provide a different perception of what was<br />certainly a complex interaction between the two countries. It should be noted that,<br />although the two countries viewed their close interaction as mutually beneficial, the<br />existing political differences effectively prevented the creation of an open strategic<br />alliance that would have had a greater deterrence value instead of the secretive<br />tactical approach that was used by both sides to resolve immediate security threats.<br />In addition, South African support for Portugal’s long, difficult and costly<br />counterinsurgency effort in three different operational theatres in Africa – Angola,<br />Mozambique and Guinea Bissau – was not really decisive since such support was<br />never provided on a significant scale.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/59
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 37, Iss 1 (2011)
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	PORTUGAL AND SOUTH AFRICA: CLOSE ALLIES OR UNWILLING PARTNERS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA DURING THE COLD WAR?
dc.type	Article