An oral history interview transcript from a Dutch Marine Corps veteran deployed to Angola in 1991. The interviewee describes the mission to organize elections, acting as an unarmed observer and negotiator between UNITA and MPLA factions, and his subsequent return to the Netherlands. The interview was conducted by the Veteranen Instituut and archived by DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities.
Use Cases
- Analyze veteran perspectives on peacekeeping missions based on first-person narrative descriptions.
- Study the role of unarmed military observers in conflict zones based on the interviewee's stated experiences.
- Research the post-election conflict in Angola based on the interviewee's account of the renewed war.
- Examine narratives of military service and transition to civilian life based on the description of the veteran's departure from the Defense organization.
Strengths
- Interview provides a specific first-person account of a 1991 Dutch military deployment to Angola.
- Description details concrete mission elements like election observation and negotiation between UNITA and MPLA.
- Platform tags provide clear topical classification for discovery.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The single-interview format limits the dataset's scale and representativeness.
Provenance
- Source
- Veteranen Instituut
- Collection Method
- Oral history interview.
- Time Range
- Interview references events from 1991 onward.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-24 03:50:10; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Angola and the Netherlands.