| An Oral History of the Portuguese Colonial War: Conscripted Generation 2017 Edition Contributor(s): Campos, Ângela (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319461931 ISBN-13: 9783319461939 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historiography - History | Europe - General - Political Science | World - European |
| Dewey: 320.94 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.28 lbs) 341 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 and consequences of this war for these veterans and their society. Seeking to understand why Portuguese ex-combatants often feel neglected and historically unrecognised, this book presents a thorough portrait of a continually shifting - and at times paradoxical -individual and collective remembrance process. |