Africa’s Cold War
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The Power Vacuum of the Angola Civil War
The rapid withdrawal of Portuguese troops from Angola created a power vacuum that none of the competing forces could fill. One of the issues about vacuums of this kind is that you have to have outside forces who are interested in filling them. It isn't just the internal rivals who can create this level of catastrophe. Somebody else has to want to meddle and you need this element for it to start gaining momentum. The same is true, I think, in the case of Spain. There were Spanish troops who were sent to protect the Western Sahara against incursions from Morocco. In the case of Angola, the Bizaya on Mabuto, Roberto, Halden Roberto was related by a
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