Rhodesia - and After
Author | : Sharrad H. Gilbert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : South African War, 1899-1902 |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Sharrad H. Gilbert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : South African War, 1899-1902 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Henrik Ellert |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 681 |
Release | : 2020-04-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1779223757 |
A Brutal State of Affairs analyses the transition from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe and challenges Rhodesian mythology. The story of the BSAP, where white and black officers were forced into a situation not of their own making, is critically examined. The liberation war in Rhodesia might never have happened but for the ascendency of the Rhodesian Front, prevailing racist attitudes, and the rise of white nationalists who thought their cause just. Blinded by nationalist fervour and the reassuring words of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and army commanders, the Smith government disregarded the advice of its intelligence services to reach a settlement before it was too late. By 1979, the Rhodesians were staring into the abyss, and the war was drawing to a close. Salisbury was virtually encircled, and guerrilla numbers continued to grow. A Brutal State of Affairs examines the Rhodesian legacy, the remarkable parallels of history, and suggests that Smiths Rhodesian template for rule has, in many instances, been assiduously applied by Mugabe and his successors.
Author | : Kwame Nkrumah |
Publisher | : Panaf |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Kwame Nkrumah intended to write on the Zimbabwean struggle. First published 1974, this book contains key documents from the file on Rhodesia which he opened after U.D.I. in 1965. The letters and papers, many of which are published for the first time here, show the thinking of Nkrumah on the problem of minority regimes in Africa. How accurate it was, as subsequent events have proved. A connecting narrative and chronology from 1887 have been added by the publishers.
Author | : Sharrad H. Gilbert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : South African War, 1899-1902 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : H. Gilbert Sharrad H. Gilbert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2006-06-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781847345042 |
Author | : Hannes Wessels |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2018-04-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612005888 |
A memoir from a Special Forces fighter about his experiences in the Rhodesian War and how combat has shaped his life. Andre Scheepers grew up on a farm in Rhodesia, learning about the bush from his African childhood friends, before joining the army. A quiet, introspective thinker, Andre started out as a trooper in the SAS before being commissioned into the Rhodesian Light Infantry Commandos, where he was engaged in fireforce combat operations. He then rejoined the SAS. Wounded thirteen times, his operational record is exceptional, even by the tough standards that existed at the time. He emerged as the SAS officer par excellence—beloved by his men, displaying extraordinary calm, courage, and audacious cunning during a host of extremely dangerous operations. Here, Andre writes vividly about his experiences, his emotions, and his state of mind during the war, and reflects candidly on what he learned and how war has shaped his life since. In addition to Andre’s personal story, this book reveals more about some of the other men who were distinguished operators in SAS operations during the Rhodesian War. “Andre was the best of the best and the bravest of the brave.” —Capt. Darrell Watt, ex-SAS and subject of A Handful of Hard Men
Author | : Sharrad H. Gilbert |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2016-04-26 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781354604076 |
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Author | : Catholic Institute for International Relations |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Rhodesia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Andrew Balaam |
Publisher | : Helion and Company |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2014-11-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1909982776 |
From the searing heat of the Zambezi Valley to the freezing cold of the Chimanimani Mountains in Rhodesia, from the bars in Port St Johns in the Transkei to the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa, this is the story of one man's fight against terror, and his conscience. Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother or son called up in the defense of the war-torn, landlocked little country. A few of these brave men would have been members of the elite and secretive unit that struck terror into the hearts of the ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas infiltrating the country at that time - the Selous Scouts. These men were highly trained and disciplined, with skills to rival the SAS, Navy Seals and the US Marines, although their dress and appearance were wildly unconventional: civilian clothing with blackened, hairy faces to resemble the very people they were fighting against. Twice decorated - with the Member of the Legion of Merit (MLM) and the Military Forces' Commendation (MFC) - Andrew Balaam was a member of the Rhodesian Light Infantry and later the Selous Scouts, for a period spanning twelve years. This is his honest and insightful account of his time as a pseudo operator. His story is brutally truthful, frightening, sometimes humorous and often sad. In later years, after Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, he was involved with a number of other former Selous Scouts in the attempted coups in the Ciskei, a South African homeland, and Lesotho, an independent nation, whose only crimes were supporting the African National Congress. Training terrorists, or as they preferred to be called, 'liberation armies', to conduct a war of terror on innocent civilians, was the very thing he had spent the last ten years in Rhodesia fighting against. This is the true, untold story of these failed attempts at governmental overthrows.
Author | : Sharrad H. Gilbert |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2017-09-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781527878051 |
Excerpt from Rhodesia and After: Being the Story of the 17th and 18th Battalions of Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa Before leaving with my Squadron for South Africa, I had arranged to contribute to the Press a series of Articles descriptive of the life we should lead, and the varied vicissitudes and adventures through which it would be our fate to pass. A number of these Articles were written and despatched; and appeared in the pages of an English newspaper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.