An Oral History of the Portuguese Colonial War

Conscripted Generation

von Ângela Campos

341 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Oral History
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Besondere Ereignisse und Themen Mündlich überlieferte Geschichte
• ISBN: 9783319834658
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.07.2018
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing