Portugal's three wars in Africa in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea (Guin-Bissau today) lasted almost 13 years - longer than the USA fought in Vietnam. Yet they are among the most under-reported conflicts of the modern era.
Yes there are a few posts on SWC and at least one SWJ article - with some comments - a 2013 review of the 1977 book by John P. Cann:
http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art...1%E2%80%931974
Joining a very small number of books in English soon is new one by A.J. Venter, a South African, who has several books already on wars in (Southern) Africa:
Link to the publicity for the book launch in London next month:
http://www.helion.co.uk/portugal-s-g...a-1961-74.html
(Added) From a 2009 post on "brown water" operations:
There is a different perspective on the issue, a book on the Portugese use of naval forces in their colonial wars in Africa, mainly Guinea-Bissau. The author is Jack Cann:
http://www.virginia.edu/history/user/257 and the book is: The Brown Waters of Africa: Portuguese Riverine Operations, 1961-1974. St. Petersburg, Fla.: Hailer Publishing, 2007.
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