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An era of conflicting commitments: Portugal’s force planning during the cold war
Título Livro
National armies and NATO, 1949-1991: The burden of alliance
Ano (publicação definitiva)
2025
Língua
Inglês
País
Países Baixos (Holanda)
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Abstract/Resumo
At different times during the four decades of the Cold War, Portugal, a founding member of NATO,
faced major challenges in creating, developing, and sustaining a military apparatus that would
simultaneously guarantee the military defence of its homeland and overseas territories, as well
as having the means to fulfil the defence agreements signed both with Spain for the joint defence
of the Iberian Peninsula in the Pyrenees and with NATO for the defence of Western Europe. This
chapter describes the context in which Portuguese defence planners had to consider different
ground force deployment scenarios and explains the domestic and external constraints that
influenced force planning from 1950 to 1991.
Keywords: Portugal, Force Planning, NATO, Cold War, Spain, Africa
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Palavras-chave
Armies,Army build-up,Defence policy,Military adaption,NATO,Cold war
Classificação Fields of Science and Technology
- História e Arqueologia - Humanidades
