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Holistic Command of War
The Nature and command of the available forces; inter-organizational coordination; coherence between politics, strategy, operations and tactics; and finally, time. Wellington, Spínola and Petraeus led the effort of vast civilian and military teams that, at different periods of history and in distinct geographical settings, had the opportunity to apply a holistic command using, to varying degrees, the above four dimensions. What they achieved from the experiences they led, and the doctrines they used, from what the reality on the ground showed to them and from the concurrent political decisions that were imposed on them, limiting their own political and strategic action, is all an important part of this comprehensive study. By studying the applicability in the situations of Wellington, Spínola and Petraeus, it was possible to extrapolate a general theory about the holistic command of war. One that is masterfully presented for discussion in this work.
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Portugal's Bush War in Mozambique
A new account of how Portugal fought a bush war in Mozambique for over a decade. Portugal fought a bush war in Mozambique — one of the most beautiful countries in the world — for over a decade. The small European nation was ranged against formidable odds and in the end was unable to muster the resources required to effectively take on the might of the Soviet Union and its collaborators—every single communist country on the planet and almost all of Black Africa. Yet, Al Venter argues, Portugal did not actually lose the war, and indeed fought in difficult terrain with a good degree of success over an extended period. It was radical domestic politics that heralded the end. Mozambique is once again embroiled in a guerrilla war, this time against a large force of Islamic militants, many from Somalia and some Arab countries, and unequivocally backed by Islamic State and the lessons of Mozambique’s bush war are still relevant today.
Queen of the Sea
A dramatic and intimate portrait of one of the world's great cities.
The Portuguese at War
From war campaigns to peacekeeping operations, The Portuguese at War presents an overview of the conflicts, wars and revolutions in which Portugal was involved from the nineteenth century to the present day. From the French invasions to the civil wars, from the African Empire to the wars of decolonisation, from belligerence in the First World War to neutrality in the Second, from participation in the Atlantic Alliance to peacekeeping operations in Kosovo, East Timor, Lebanon and Afghanistan. The book addresses the military interventions in politics and the role of the countrys political regimes in military reform: from the Liberal Revolutions to the Republic, from the military dictatorship a...
Botha, Smuts and the Great War
In Botha, Smuts and the Great War 1914–1918 authors Antonio Garcia and Ian Van Der Waag conducted painstaking research in South Africa and the United Kingdom to produce this, first-of-a-kind volume on the wartime roles of South African prime minister, General Louis Botha and his deputy General Jan Smuts. These very different men appealed to different audiences. Botha’s nuance and emotional intelligence complemented Smuts’s intellectualism. Thrown into a world conflagration in August 1914 and facing internal rebellion and the threat posed by German troops on the borders, they led South Africa’s Union Defence Force. Both Botha and Smuts commanded in the field. Steadily, the South Afric...
Os Resistentes - O Poder do Sacrifício Humano no Combate ao Invasor
Um livro profundamente humanista e surpreendente, escrito por um militar com larga experiência no terreno e conhecedor dos conflitos que grassam pelo mundo. Testemunha direta do sofrimento causado pela guerra, mas também da capacidade de abnegação do ser humano em situações-limite, o major-general Nuno Lemos Pires recorre a vários exemplos ao longo da História – desde as guerras púnicas aos conflitos mundiais do século XX, passando pelas invasões napoleónicas e por casos bem recentes de resistência, como os de Timor e da Ucrânia – para realçar as principais caraterísticas dos combatentes mais inconformados e estabelecer pontos em comum entre os homens e as mulheres que, ontem como hoje, se rebelaram contra o avanço dos invasores. Uma reflexão envolvente sobre o poder galvanizador das ideias de nação, de comunidade e de família, enquanto valores defendidos pelos resistentes até às últimas consequências e, em simultâneo, um manifesto contra a indiferença generalizada pelos dramas vividos em guerras distantes.
Catástrofes Antrópicas
Na continuação do que tem vindo a ser produzido na série “Riscos e Catástrofes”, este volume assume a continuidade temática, numa lógica mais sistemática e holística. Diz respeito, concretamente, ao tema das “Catástrofes antrópicas. Uma aproximação integral”, pelo que se reveste de um caráter bastante invulgar. Digamos que o tipo de riscos que trata, a natureza de síntese que apresenta e a estrutura organizacional escolhida, lhe confere um caráter singular no contexto mundial contemporâneo. Na senda das catástrofes antrópicas, foram considerados dois grandes grupos de riscos, nomeadamente os tecnológicos e os sociais. Os primeiros relacionam-se com os sistemas estruturais de apoio à atividade humana, como é o caso dos transportes, da construção civil, dos espaços urbanos (incêndios, resíduos) e dos recursos hídricos. Os segundos estão associados à atuação social, sendo que se abordam questões que vão desde os conflitos bélicos ao Urbicídio.
