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Traditionally, the onset of civil war in Mozambique has been explained in terms of first Rhodesian, and then South African, destabilisation. Although to a large extent this explanation is true, it is important to recognise that the conflict gathered a new internal dynamic as the post-independence regime quickly became associated with excess revolutionary zeal in the policies adopted, both at home and abroad, and the manner in which they were carried out.
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Venâncio, M., Chan, S. (1998). War and Gropings towards Peace. In: War and Peace in Mozambique. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26882-5_1
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