?This book is a scholarly study of Mozambique's war of independence which lasted a decade. In this reviewer's opinion, it is the most objective and relatively unbiased study of Mozambique in that crucial decade which we now have. ... The book's sources are quite varied and impressive in scope and depth. ... The periodical documenation is large and impressive, though ... books and monographs on Mozambique's past are hard to come by. In a field where historical reconstruction of key eras is only beginning it is useful to have a volume such as this which ... is an important contribution to the analysis of an African revolutionary war and Portuguese counter-revolutionary history.?-Portuguese Studies Newsletter