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An Oral History of the Portuguese Colonial War: Conscripted Generation
Angela Campos
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hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 341 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; HBTD; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 596.
This oral history of ex-combatants of the Portuguese colonial war places the reader face-to-face with the men who were conscripted to fight the last and bloodiest of the West’s colonial wars in Africa, namely in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau (then Portuguese Guinea), between 1961 and 1974. At the forefront of this work are the lived experiences of a wide range of Portuguese veterans, framed by broader insights about the post-war public memory of this event in Portugal. Moving away from stereotypical and polarized images of these ex-combatants, An Oral History of the Portuguese Colonial War: Conscripted Generation explores the memories ... Read more
This oral history of ex-combatants of the Portuguese colonial war places the reader face-to-face with the men who were conscripted to fight the last and bloodiest of the West’s colonial wars in Africa, namely in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau (then Portuguese Guinea), between 1961 and 1974. At the forefront of this work are the lived experiences of a wide range of Portuguese veterans, framed by broader insights about the post-war public memory of this event in Portugal. Moving away from stereotypical and polarized images of these ex-combatants, An Oral History of the Portuguese Colonial War: Conscripted Generation explores the memories ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Switzerland
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Oral History
Number of Pages
341
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319461939
SKU
V9783319461939
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Ref
99-15
About Angela Campos
Ângela Campos is a Research Fellow in Science Policy Research at the University of Sussex, UK. She serves on the executive council of the International Oral History Association and is a member of the Oral History Society. Her research focuses mainly on veterans' lived experiences of war, having published internationally about this topic since 2006.
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