Este trabalho analisa o conteúdo dos jornais Zero Hora e Correio do Povo entre os anos 1975 e 1979, quando estes jornais abordaram os acontecimentos em Angola e o governo de Agostinho Neto, líder do MPLA e chefe de Estado do primeiro governo independente angolano pós independência. Procura-se identificar a metodologia, os critérios, formas de abordagem e criticamente analisar o que os jornais divulgavam aqui no rio Grande do Sul em tempos de extrema polarização na política internacional e de regime conservador militar imperando aqui no Brasil. Para isso se pretende analisar prioritariamente as relações entre a censura e o conteúdo dos periódicos, o papel das Agências Internacionais e suas notícias, os artigos próprios ou republicados por estes jornais, bem como suas colunas, enviados especiais e outras formas de divulgação. Acontecimentos como a presença cubana em Angola, as relações angolanas com os EUA, as fronteiras angolanas e seus conflitos, a guerra civil interna contra FNLA e UNITA travada pelo MPLA de Neto, as crises políticas do MPLA, as avaliações e os balanços de Zero Hora e Correio do Povo sobre o contexto angolano, bem como as situações jurídicas internas e os reconhecimentos internacionais que Angola costurou são os principais alvos do noticiário deste período e objeto de crítica deste trabalho. / This research aims to analyze the content in the newspapers Zero Hora and Correio do Povo between the years 1975 and 1979, when these newspapers approached the events in Angola during Agostinho Netos’s government, MPLA’s leader and state’s head of the first independent government in Angola after independence. It seeks to identify the methodology, criteria, forms of approach and analyzes critically the content in the newspapers in Rio Grande do Sul in times of extreme polarization in the international politics, when there was a military conservative regime dominating Brazil. The aimis to analyze primarily the relation between censorship and the content of the journals, the role of the International Agencies and their news, own articles or republished by these newspapers and their columns, specially sent journalists and other means of communication. Events like the cuban presence in Angola, the relation between Angola and the USA, the angolan borders and their conflicts, the internal civil war against FNLA and UNITA headed by MPLA and Neto’s president, the political crises of the MPLA, the reviews and the political balance in Zero Hora and Correio do Povo about the angolan context, the internal juridical situation and the international recognition achieved for Angola are the main targets in the news of this period and the critical object of this research.

Este trabalho analisa o conteúdo dos jornais Zero Hora e Correio do Povo entre os anos 1975 e 1979, quando estes jornais abordaram os acontecimentos em Angola e o governo de Agostinho Neto, líder do MPLA e chefe de Estado do primeiro governo independente angolano pós independência. Procura-se identificar a metodologia, os critérios, formas de abordagem e criticamente analisar o que os jornais divulgavam aqui no rio Grande do Sul em tempos de extrema polarização na política internacional e de regime conservador militar imperando aqui no Brasil. Para isso se pretende analisar prioritariamente as relações entre a censura e o conteúdo dos periódicos, o papel das Agências Internacionais e suas notícias, os artigos próprios ou republicados por estes jornais, bem como suas colunas, enviados especiais e outras formas de divulgação. Acontecimentos como a presença cubana em Angola, as relações angolanas com os EUA, as fronteiras angolanas e seus conflitos, a guerra civil interna contra FNLA e UNITA travada pelo MPLA de Neto, as crises políticas do MPLA, as avaliações e os balanços de Zero Hora e Correio do Povo sobre o contexto angolano, bem como as situações jurídicas internas e os reconhecimentos internacionais que Angola costurou são os principais alvos do noticiário deste período e objeto de crítica deste trabalho. / This research aims to analyze the content in the newspapers Zero Hora and Correio do Povo between the years 1975 and 1979, when these newspapers approached the events in Angola during Agostinho Netos’s government, MPLA’s leader and state’s head of the first independent government in Angola after independence. It seeks to identify the methodology, criteria, forms of approach and analyzes critically the content in the newspapers in Rio Grande do Sul in times of extreme polarization in the international politics, when there was a military conservative regime dominating Brazil. The aimis to analyze primarily the relation between censorship and the content of the journals, the role of the International Agencies and their news, own articles or republished by these newspapers and their columns, specially sent journalists and other means of communication. Events like the cuban presence in Angola, the relation between Angola and the USA, the angolan borders and their conflicts, the internal civil war against FNLA and UNITA headed by MPLA and Neto’s president, the political crises of the MPLA, the reviews and the political balance in Zero Hora and Correio do Povo about the angolan context, the internal juridical situation and the international recognition achieved for Angola are the main targets in the news of this period and the critical object of this research.

Este trabalho analisa o conteúdo dos jornais Zero Hora e Correio do Povo entre os anos 1975 e 1979, quando estes jornais abordaram os acontecimentos em Angola e o governo de Agostinho Neto, líder do MPLA e chefe de Estado do primeiro governo independente angolano pós independência. Procura-se identificar a metodologia, os critérios, formas de abordagem e criticamente analisar o que os jornais divulgavam aqui no rio Grande do Sul em tempos de extrema polarização na política internacional e de regime conservador militar imperando aqui no Brasil. Para isso se pretende analisar prioritariamente as relações entre a censura e o conteúdo dos periódicos, o papel das Agências Internacionais e suas notícias, os artigos próprios ou republicados por estes jornais, bem como suas colunas, enviados especiais e outras formas de divulgação. Acontecimentos como a presença cubana em Angola, as relações angolanas com os EUA, as fronteiras angolanas e seus conflitos, a guerra civil interna contra FNLA e UNITA travada pelo MPLA de Neto, as crises políticas do MPLA, as avaliações e os balanços de Zero Hora e Correio do Povo sobre o contexto angolano, bem como as situações jurídicas internas e os reconhecimentos internacionais que Angola costurou são os principais alvos do noticiário deste período e objeto de crítica deste trabalho. / This research aims to analyze the content in the newspapers Zero Hora and Correio do Povo between the years 1975 and 1979, when these newspapers approached the events in Angola during Agostinho Netos’s government, MPLA’s leader and state’s head of the first independent government in Angola after independence. It seeks to identify the methodology, criteria, forms of approach and analyzes critically the content in the newspapers in Rio Grande do Sul in times of extreme polarization in the international politics, when there was a military conservative regime dominating Brazil. The aimis to analyze primarily the relation between censorship and the content of the journals, the role of the International Agencies and their news, own articles or republished by these newspapers and their columns, specially sent journalists and other means of communication. Events like the cuban presence in Angola, the relation between Angola and the USA, the angolan borders and their conflicts, the internal civil war against FNLA and UNITA headed by MPLA and Neto’s president, the political crises of the MPLA, the reviews and the political balance in Zero Hora and Correio do Povo about the angolan context, the internal juridical situation and the international recognition achieved for Angola are the main targets in the news of this period and the critical object of this research.

Text in English / Restricted files have not been uploaded / The thesis commences by elaborating on the concept of vertical envelopment as a form of military manoeuvre and defining airborne operations as comprising parachute, helicopter and air-landed actions. It goes on to describe strategy and tactics as they apply to the discussion before briefly tracing the development internationally of vertical envelopment and the thinking of the South African military about airborne operations during the Second World War. Events leading up to the decision by the South African military to acquire helicopters and to train paratroopers in 1960 are examined and the early operational employment of helicopters is analysed. The establishment of 1 Parachute Battalion is discussed in the light of the absence of a clear understanding of how it should be employed. Moving on to the commencement of the conflict known as the Southern African Thirty Year War, the issue of strategic versus tactical application of an airborne capability during operations in Namibia, Angola and Rhodesia is defined. Strategic application is then illustrated by specific independent airborne strikes, and the requirement for an airborne brigade to plan and conduct such operations is highlighted. The establishment of 44 Parachute Brigade and the difficulties experienced in its development are reviewed before scrutinising the tactical use of airborne forces in support of other ground forces. The high point in organisation and capability of the airborne forces of the South African Defence Force at the time of the ending of the Thirty Year War is appraised and the unfulfilled potential of the capability is elucidated. Faced with change and uncertainty, the employment of the paratroopers in urban operations during the height of the civil unrest is examined. This is followed by probing the response of the paratrooper organisation to severe budget cuts, enforced reorganisation and relocation, the ending of conscription and integration into the new South African National Defence Force following the country’s first democratic elections in 1994. The thesis concludes with an evaluation of the airborne actions during the incursion by South Africa into Lesotho in 1998 and an assessment of the implications of the loss of a strategic airborne capability. / History / D. Litt. et Phil. (History)