John Frame con The Rhodesian Civil War (1966-1979)
Páginas:562Géneros:12:HBW:MilitaryhistorySinopsis:OneofthemosttragicwarsinSouthernAfrica,shistory,theRhodesianCivilWar,ragedforoveradecade.Spanningfrom1966to1979,theseedsforthisconflictweresownalmostacenturyearlierwhen,in1889,theBritishSouthAfricaCompanywasgrantedaRoyalChartertooccupylandnorthoftheLimpopoRiver.Aninevitableclashofideologyandpoliticalambitionsensued,culminatingintheRhodesianGovernmentdeclaringunilateralindependenceinNovember1965,amovethatsetthenationalight.Thisdramaticanddetailedbookmapsoutthecriticaleventsthatledtowar,identifyingthecombatantsanddetailingchronologicallythesalienteventsoftheconflict.Throughdetailednarrative,RhodesianHistoryauthorJohnFrame,traceshowinternationalpoliticalinterferencesinfluencedthewar,andwhytheRhodesianSecurityForceslostthewardespitehavingwonmostofthebattles.ItshowcaseshowRhodesiawascaughtintheviceoftheColdWarandthehow,throughthepoliticalambitionsofmajorpowers,thecombatantsinthisbloodywarwerenotincontroloftheirowndestinies._,
