Original Publishing: Adams, John. Familiar Letters Of John Adams And His Wife Abigail Adams, During The Revolution: With A Memoir Of Mrs. Adams, . Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., circa 1875. Subject: Adams, John, 1735-1826
It also outlines a new kind of Third World warfare - neither classic guerrilla warfare nor straightforward external aggression; instead, one comprising elements of civil war, but dominated by the initiatives of external powers.
The imperialist dimension of the issue is emphasised, including the irony of Tanganyika seeking the aid of the former imperial power to force their own troops to submit to African rule.