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Geo-politics and the representation of Portugal's African colonial wars: examining the limits of 'Vietnam syndrome' (2001)
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Power, M. (2001). Geo-politics and the representation of Portugal's African colonial wars: examining the limits of 'Vietnam syndrome'. Political Geography, 20(4), 461-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0962-6298%2801%2900003-8

Portugal's defence of its African colonies between 1961 and 1974 destroyed the Estado Novo fascist dictatorship of António Salazar, impoverished Portugal, and nearly made the colonies go bankrupt. Portuguese involvement with colonial conflict in Moza... Read More about Geo-politics and the representation of Portugal's African colonial wars: examining the limits of 'Vietnam syndrome'.