White Fighting and Writing

The Rhodesian Army at War and Postwar
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4780-2128-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 301 Seiten

Luise White examines the contentious war memoirs published after the Zimbabwean liberation struggle (1964–1979) by white soldiers who fought for Rhodesia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

White, Luise

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii
Place-Names, Currency, and Acronyms xi
1. Zimbabwe's Liberation Struggle and Rhodesia's Bush War: Locating Its History 1
2. "Blood and Ink": Memoirs, Authors, Histories 31
3. "Your Shona Is Better Than Mine!" Pseudo Gangs, Blacking Up, and the Pleasures of Counterinsurgency 59
4. "Each Footprint Tells a Story": Tracking and Poaching in the Rhodesian Army 83
5. "There Is No Copyright on Facts": Ron Reid-Daly, Authorship, and the Transkei Defence Force 109
6. "Every Self-Respecting Terrorist Has an AK-47": Guerrilla Weapons and Rhodesian Imaginations 121
7. "A Plastic Bag full of Cholera": Rhodesia and Chemical and Biological Weapons 141
8. "Will Travel Worldwide. You Pay Expenses": Foreign Soldiers in the Rhodesian Army 167
9. "What Interests Do You Have?": Security Force Auxiliaries and the Limits of Counterinsurgency 197
Conclusions 222
Notes 227
Bibliography 261
Index 281

Über Autor(innen)

Luise White is Professor Emerita of History at the University of Florida and the author of several books, most recently Unpopular Sovereignty: Rhodesian Independence and African Decolonization.