2nd Edition: Elementos de Geopolítica e Geoestratégia, Gilberto Veríssimo
This work aims to contribute to strengthening the capacity and ability of those, whether civilian or military, who wish to take on public responsibility in the life of their country. It is true that politics must intervene in the planning of military actions, in which strategy fully applies; it is also true that a politician without preparation, knowledge, thought or strategic sensitivity will certainly cause very serious harm to the running of their country, to a future chosen in a time of Peace.
The work addresses, among other aspects:
The concept, scope, method and usefulness of Geopolitics and Geostrategy;
The evolution of geopolitical thought;
The evolution of the International Political System (SPI) from the Second
World War to the present day;
The geopolitical and geostrategic characterisation of the African continent.
The text seeks to give voice to theories and theorists previously little considered, but which are held to be important for the theoretical enrichment of those who study them, especially the elites, taking particular account of the African continent's own context, the place that, especially in recent times, it has been forced to occupy, and the functional role that it embodies in global affairs.
Essential reading for anyone who intends to take on leadership responsibilities in a military or civilian context. This second edition brings the work back into print after it sold out, and takes the opportunity to carry out a general revision and to add new content, essentially on the African continent. Now recommended reading in various higher education courses, it is a reference source for further reading. For those seeking a guide to geopolitics and geostrategy in a refreshing vision from an African thinker.
About the Author
A general officer of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) with the rank of brigadier, he holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences, in the field of Strategic Studies, from the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP) of the Universidade de Lisboa. He holds a Master’s in Technical Sciences (Information and Communication Technologies) from the Universidade Politécnica de Madrid (Spain, 2001). He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering (in the field of Telecommunications) from the Instituto Superior Técnico Militar “José Marti” (Havana, 1983), and has several postgraduate qualifications in this field. At the Instituto Superior de Ensino Militar (ISEM)
of the FAA General Staff, the Higher Command and Leadership Course (Luanda, 2005) and, at the Academia das Forças Armadas Revolucionárias de Cuba “General Máximo Gomez (Havana, 2010), the postgraduate qualification in Strategic Command and Leadership.
He is Deputy Executive Secretary for Political Affairs of the Gulf of Guinea Commission. A Foreign Corresponding Academician of the Academia Internacional de Cultura Portuguesa, he is a Professor at the Escola Superior de Guerra of the General Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces (ESG/EMGFAA) and at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Universidade Agostinho Neto (FCS/UAN). He is the author of the following scientific and literary works: «A Influência das Novas Tecnologias na Guerra», essay, 2005; “Coisas do Destino”, novel, 2006; «Elementos de Geopolítica e Geoestratégia», 1st edition, 2013; Geopolítica do Golfo da Guiné: A posição estratégica de Angola, 2016; «A Terceira Via», novel, 2017.