Formed in 1973 by the legendary Lieutenant-Colonel Ron Reid-Daly at the behest of Rhodesian military supremo General Peter Walls, the Selous Scouts were to write their name into the annals of military history as one of the finest counterinsurgency units of all time, through thei…
"White soldiers who fought to defend white rule in Southern Africa years in the 1960s and 1970s are generally thought to be unreconstructed racists, men whose ideas about Africans and the superiority of white people blinded them to the realities of the postcolonial world. Using …
"White soldiers who fought to defend white rule in Southern Africa years in the 1960s and 1970s are generally thought to be unreconstructed racists, men whose ideas about Africans and the superiority of white people blinded them to the realities of the postcolonial world. Using …
On Place Names, Acronyms, and Currency -- Zimbabwe's Liberation Struggle and Rhodesia's Bush War: Locating its History -- "Blood and Ink": Memoirs, authors, histories -- "Your Shona is better than mine!": Blacking up and the pleasures of counterinsurgency -- "Every footprint tel…
"White soldiers who fought to defend white rule in Southern Africa years in the 1960s and 1970s are generally thought to be unreconstructed racists, men whose ideas about Africans and the superiority of white people blinded them to the realities of the postcolonial world. Using …
"White soldiers who fought to defend white rule in Southern Africa years in the 1960s and 1970s are generally thought to be unreconstructed racists, men whose ideas about Africans and the superiority of white people blinded them to the realities of the postcolonial world. Using …
"Luise White examines the contentious war memoirs published after the Zimbabwean liberation struggle (1964-1979) by white soldiers who fought for Rhodesia."--
"During the West's great transition into the post-Colonial age, the country of Rhodesia refused to succumb quietly, and throughout the 1970s fought back almost alone against Communist-supported elements that it did not believe would deliver proper governance to its people. Durin…
A biography of a Special Forces soldier who battled the forces of Mugabe and Nkomo, earning a reputation as a military maestro. During the West's great transition into the post-colonial age, the country of Rhodesia refused to succumb quietly, and throughout the 1970s, fought bac…
Rhodesian light infantryman 1961-80
by Dennis, Peter, Grant, Neil, (Military historian)
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