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25%OFFJp Cann - The Paras: Portugal´S First Elite Force - 9781911512486 - V9781911512486
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The Paras: Portugal´S First Elite Force

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Description for The Paras: Portugal´S First Elite Force Paperback. Series: Africa@War. Num Pages: 72 pages, 73 b/w ills, 27 colour ills. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1H; HBJH; HBWS; JWH; JWTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 298 x 7. Weight in Grams: 296.
Portuguese paratroopers or paras began as a stepchild of the army and found a home in the Portuguese Air Force in 1955. Initially, the post-World War Two Portuguese Army seemed to have had mixed emotions about the need for elite, special-purpose forces that operated in small units with the attendant flexibility and elevated lethality. Shock troops have been traditionally controversial, and even the vaunted military theorist Baron Karl von Clausewitz saw little point in them. The history of the paras in the Portuguese Army is illustrative of this ambivalent view. Nevertheless, in a war of the weak ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Helion & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Africa@War
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Solihull, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781911512486
SKU
V9781911512486
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About Jp Cann
John P. Cann is an Adjunct Research Staff Member at the Institute for Defense Analyses, a former Scholar-in-Residence at the University of Virginia, and the retired Professor of National Security Studies at Marine Corps University. He earned his doctorate in the Department of War Studies at King's College London in 1996 and subsequently published Counterinsurgency in Africa: The Portuguese Way ... Read more

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A fine piece of niche history for military enthusiasts and history students.
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