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Patrick Chabal
Amílcar Cabral: revolutionary leadership and people's war

Cambridge; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983. xiii, 272 p.

Patrick Chabal. (1951-2014)

Patrick Chabal. (1951-2014)

Amilcar Lopez Cabral (1924-1973)

Amílcar Lopez Cabral (1924-1973)

Patrick Chabal. Amilcar Cabral: revolutionary leadership and people's war

Contents

List of tables
List of maps
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments

Introduction

I. Colonial rule in Guinea and Cape Verde

II. Amílcar Cabral: formative influences (1924-1959)

III. From nationalist agitation to war of national liberation (1956-1964)

Brief history of the period 1956-1964
The creation of an instrument of national liberation
The development of a strategy of national liberation
The PAIGC in crisis: a brief analysis of the Cassacá Congress
The diplomacy of national liberation

IV. Consolidation of power and the creation of a new state (1964-1973)

Brief history of the period 1964-1973
The military strategy and tactics of the PAIGC
Political and economic reconstruction in the liberated areas
Social reconstruction in the liberated areas
Towards independence: party, state and the 1972 elections

V. Cabral's political legacy

Cabral's assassination: facts and implications
Cabral and Portugal
Cabral as revolutionary leader: the PAIGC since independence

VI. Amílcar Cabral: social and political thought

Political values and theoretical foundations
Social classes and national liberation
Social classes and revolution: state and party
Culture and national liberation

VII. People's wars in lusophone Africa: a comparative perspective

Context
Process
From people's war to revolution?
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index