COIN in Africa: The Portuguese Way of War, 1961–1974

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Spotted a 2013 book in a private library last week: The Flechas: Insurgent Hunting in Eastern Angola 1965-1974 by John P. Cann. Lots of B&W photos and the author is a SME on Portugal's colonial wars.

Link (US):http://www.amazon.com/The-Flechas-In.../dp/1909384631

Link (UK):http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flechas-Insu.../dp/1909384631

The UK publishers blurb is helpful:http://www.helion.co.uk/africaatwar-...1965-1974.html

Yes they are different; mixed reviews, but I cannot recall any books on this unit in English. The Flechas are seen by some as the model for both the Rhodesians and South Africans - using local manpower, skilled in tracking, although the flechas did not use "turned" guerillas.