Amilcar Cabral: Revolutionary Leadership and People's War (African Studies Series, 37) by Patrick Chabal - 1983

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, March 1983. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers lightly rubbed and tanned. xii + 272 pages, 8 vo.

This book tells the story of Amilcar Cabral who, as head of PAIGC, Guinea-Bissau's nationalist movement, became one of Africa's foremost revolutionary leaders. In less than twenty years of active political life, Cabral led Guinea-Bissau's nationalists to the most complete political and military success ever achieved by an African political movement against a colonial power. At the time of his death in 1973, months before Guinea-Bissau became independent, his influence extended well beyond the Lusophone world and Africa. He was a sophisticated analyst of the social, economic, and political factors which affect the developing world. Friends and foes alike admired his political acumen and saw in him a potential leader of a non-aligned movement.