Peter Abbott, Philip Botham

Modern African Wars (1) (eBook, ePUB)

Rhodesia 1965-80
Illustrator: Chappell, Mike

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Rhodesian War of 1965-80 is the battle for control of present day Zimbabwe. The former British colony of Southern Rhodesia rejected British moves towards majority rule and on 11 November 1965 the Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith announced his country's Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. That act sparked a series of violent encounters between the traditional colonial army and the African guerilla insurgents of the Patriotic Front. This book examines the successes and failures of the counter-insurgency campaign of Smith's security forces and the eventual bloody birth of a modern African nation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849089623
• Artikelnr.: 40475558

Autorenporträt

Peter Abbott is a retired university lecturer. He has written or co-authored a number of Men-at-Arms titles for Osprey, including Men-at-Arms 379: Armies in East Africa 1914-18. He is particularly interested in 19th and 20th century armies that are less well known to the English speaking reader, and he has been collecting material on the various Ukrainian forces for many years.

Inhaltsangabe

The Rhodesian War
The Patriotic Front Forces
The Course of the War
The Security Forces
Colour plate commentary