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Title:The Twenty-Seventh of May: An Historical Note on the Abortive 1977 'Coup' in Angola
Author:Birmingham, David
Year:1978
Periodical:African Affairs: The Journal of the Royal African Society
Volume:77
Issue:309
Period:October
Pages:554-564
Language:English
Geographic term:Angola
Subjects:coups d'état
1977
Military, Defense and Arms
Politics and Government
History and Exploration
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/721965
Abstract:Describes the background of the people involved in the coup (Nito Alves and Jose van Dunem, shortly before accused of factionalism and stripped of their membership of the Central Committee forthwith) and the problems Angola faced during the year after the civil war (failure of the food distribution network, shortage of trained and experienced leaders, organizers and administrators etc.). Notes.
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