independent ex-Portuguese African states made any significant economic progress in the following decades, and political progress in terms of democratic processes and protection of individual human rights was either minimal or nonexistent. With few exceptions, the new regimes ranked at the bottom of human development and GDP per capita world tables. By 2002, however, the end of the Angolan Civil War, combined with exploitation of the country's highly valuable natural resources, resulted in that country becoming economically successful for the first time in decades. Films about the war Os Demonios de Alcacer-Quibir (Portugal 1975, director: Jose Fonseca da Costa). La Vita è Bella (Portugal/Italy/USSR 1979), director: Grigory Naumovich Chukhray). Sorte que tal Morte (Portugal 1981, director: Joao Matos Silva). Acto dos Feitos da Guine (Portugal 1980, director: Fernando Matos Silva). Gestos & Fragmentos - Ensaio sobre os Militares e o Poder (Portugal 1982, director: Alberto Seixas Santos). Um Adeus Português (Portugal 1985, director: Joao Botelho). Era Uma Vez Um Alferes (Portugal 1987, director: Luis Filipe Rocha). Matar Saudades (Portugal 1987, director: Fernando Lopes Vasconcelos) A Idade Maior (Portugal 1990, director: Teresa Villaverde Cabral). "Non", ou A Vã Glória de Mandar (Portugal/France/Spain 1990, director: Manoel de Oliveira). Ao Sul (Portugal 1993, director: Fernando Matos Silva). Capitães de Abril (Captains of April, Portugal 2000, director: Maria de Medeiros). Assalto ao Santa Maria (Assault on the Santa Maria, Portugal 2009, director: Francisco Manso). Documentaries A Guerra - Colonial - do Ultramar - da Libertação, 1st Season (Portugal 2007, director: Joaquim Furtado, RTP) A Guerra - Colonial - do Ultramar - da Libertação, 2nd Season (Portugal 2009, director: Joaquim Furtado, RTP) See also Angolan War of Independence Guinea-Bissau War of Independence Mozambican War of Independence Operation Gordian Knot Carnation Revolution Portuguese invasion of Guinea (1970) Operation Vijay (1961) (Portuguese India) LusophobiaPortuguese military: Portuguese Army Commandos Special Operations Troops Centre Parachute Troops School Portuguese Marine Corps Portuguese irregular forces in the Overseas War Portuguese Armed ForcesContemporaneous wars: Rhodesian Bush War South African Border WarPost-independence wars:''' Angolan Civil War Mozambican Civil War Citations General bibliography Afonso, Aniceto and Gomes, Carlos de Matos, Guerra Colonial (2000) Afonso, “A guerra e o fim do regime ditatorial” in J. Medina (1994), História de Portugal, Amadora, Ediclube Kaúlza de Arriaga – Published works of the General Kaúlza de Arriaga Becket, Ian et al., A Guerra no Mundo, Guerras e Guerrilhas desde 1945, Lisboa, Verbo, 1983 Cann, John P, Counterinsurgency in