Mozambique's civil war was inevitable given the tradition of conflict that has always characterized Frelimo, first as an independence movement, and then as a ruling party. Without disregarding the role played by both Rhodesia and South Africa in the war - in fact providing new and detailed information about it - Cabrita guides the reader through Frelimo's early days and gives a clear understanding of the pattern of internal dissent, persecution and physical elimination of members and opponents that remained the organization's hallmark.

List of Tables
List of Maps
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
PART I: A TRADITION OF CONFLICT
Marriage of Convenience
Profile of a Leader
Southerners and Those from Afar
Mondlane's Dilemmas
Independence War
Zambia Backs Frelimo Dissidents
Mondlane and Che Guevara
The Rise of Samora Machel
Student Unrest
Crisis Within Frelimo Mounts
Mondlane Assassinated
Frelimo After Mondlane
PART II: INDEPENDENCE
Portugal Transfer Power to Frelimo
Jorge Jardim: Myth and Reality
The Long Arm of Frelimo
Totalitarian State
Political Police
Re-education
M'telela: The Last Goodbye
Coup Attempt
Destroying the Sequels
Revolutionaries and Traditionalists
Frelimo and Religion
PART III: RESISTANCE
Conflict with Malawi and Rhodesia
The Magaia Pamphlet
The Voz da Africa Livre
Renamo: the Early Days
The Quest for Autonomy
Gorongosa
Matsangaice Killed
Cristina Marginalized
The Renamo Programme
Renamo Survives the Wind of Change
PART IV: THE TURNING POINT
South Africa Backs Renamo
Renamo Reviews the 1979 Programme
Cristina Killed
Heading for Maputo
The Invasion that Never Was
The Government Counter-Attacks
PART V: RUMOURS OF PEACE
A Different Kind of Operation
The Nkomati Accord
The Pretoria Talks
PART VI: FOREIGN INTERVENTION
Zimbabwe's Role Expanded
The Malawian Connection
Changing the Guard
Britain and Tanzania Assist FAM
Renamo's Response
Recruits and Collaborators
The Washington Lobby
Epilogue
Notes
Index

JOÃO M. CABRITA works as a Southern Africa news media consultant. He is a Mozambican, born and raised in Beira, currently living in Swaziland.