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'So Far and No Further!' Rhodesia's Bid for Independence during the Retreat from Empire 1959-1965
Ian Smith's unilateral declaration of independence for Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) on 11 November 1965 was seen by many as the act of a rebellious white minorityseeking to preserve their privileged position in defiance of Britain'sdetermination to shed her Empire and introduce rule by the African majority assoon as possible.
However, the drama of UDI has long overshadowed and oversimplified thecomplexities of the preceding years. In this account of that time, based on soleaccess to the hitherto closed papers of Ian Douglas Smith and Sir Roy Welensky,as well as extensive research at London's Public Record Office, and in government and private collections elsewhere, Dr J.R.T. Wood chronicles the collision course on which Britain and Rhodesia were set after 1959, complementing his study of the fate of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in his definitive 'The Welensky Papers: A History of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1953-1963'.
Britain, Wood shows, was intent on shedding her Empire as quickly as possibleagainst a backdrop of the Cold War and the rise of Chinese- and Soviet-sponsoredAfrican nationalism. She delivered some 600 one man, one vote constitutions toher fledgling nations and had no intention of granting Rhodesia independence ondifferent terms. Unlike Britain's other African possessions, however, Rhodesiahad enjoyed self-governance since 1923. The largely white Rhodesian electorate,wary of the consequences of premature and ill-prepared majority rule, soughtinstead dominion status akin to that of Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Theirintention was gradually to pave the way for majority rule: since 1923, Rhodesia's electoral qualifications had excluded race. It was always understood that the African majority would acquire power; the concern was the speed and smoothness of that acquisition.
Culminating in those dramatic days of November 1965 when Ian Smith concluded inthe face of resolute British stonewalling that he had no alternative but UDI,this unique account is the first in a series which chronicles the course ofevents that ultimately led to Robert Mugabe's accession to power in 1980, and all that entailed. ... Read more

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POLITICS AS HISTORY: RHODESIA'S UDI 1965
J.R.T. Wood has accomplished what many current historians fail to do.He has assembled a massive amount of information from diverse sources and analysed a complex series of events to explain why things happened the way the did.His subject is the complex relations between Great Britain, Rhodesia, the Commonwealth, and the world community that lead to the Unilateral Declaration of Indepence on 11 November 1965.

This event was recently recalled in a series of 40-years-on conferences, including one by the London School of Economics in January 2006 (sponsered by the Cold War Studies Centre), that indicates the degree of importance this event had for Great Britain as it divested itself from empire in the period 1959 to 1965. These events were complicted by the Cold War and economic necessities at a time of rising Third World expectations in the lee of the "winds of change."

Richard Wood has done a service in a neglected area of modern history that too often has been made an ideological football rather than a subject for serious analysis.This he has provided from the primary sources of those involved.It is to bad that an institutional sponser has not recognized this and supported the work of what is the first of a proposed three volume study.

A comprehensive study and indispensible resource
This is an indispensible reference for anyone interested in the truth about Rhodesia's declaration of independence in 1965 - the principal personalities and their motivations at the time.

Dr Wood introduces his book with the claim that "Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, has been ill-served by her historians" and that "the economy has been studied without reference to the policy-making in the Cabinet Room".

With privileged access to Ian Smith's Cabinet Papers, Dr Wood's careful study provides new insight into the contrasting positions and ambitions of the Rhodesian and British ministers.

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This book is an exploration of the political history of insurgency in Southern Rhodesia between 1961 and 1987, with particular reference to the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU). Formed on December 17, 1961, ZAPU became the first revolutionary, national, movement to explicitly call for majority rule on the basis of one-man one vote.

During the early years of its struggle, ZAPU employed non-violent means to try and achieve its goal for majority rule and a non-racial society. Because of the belligerency of the White settler regime, ZAPU added the armed resistance to its strategy of non-violence, and went on to build a formidable army. During the struggle, ZAPU contributed diplomatically and militarily towards the liberation of Zimbabwe. In 1980 it lost elections to its compatriot party, the Zimbabwe African National Union but joined the government at the invitation of the latter.

The marriage of convenience between the two parties dissolved in less than three years, and what followed was the unconscionable persecution of ZAPU members and the AmaNdebele, the people who formed the core of ZAPU, by ZANU in its drive for a one-party state. The party’s resistance of intimidation and violence for more than five years, helped foster a climate of political pluralism in the country, the climate that was further enhanced by some of its members’ theater. Tired of being hunted down, and also seeing its own members butchered, the ZAPU leadership decided to merge its party with the ruling party on December 22, 1987. ... Read more

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Africa is a vibrant but all-too-often misunderstood continent. Outsiders know Africa from the evening news as a collection of countries plagued by war, famine, disease, and poverty. Few people are aware of its rich past, dynamic present, and promising future. Africans, however, look back into a yesteryear crowded with empires and kingdoms and into a tomorrow filled with economic and political potential. The difference between these two ways of seeing Africa emerges from the fact that so many of the places that once dominated its landscape have disappeared from the world s maps. The Belgian Congo, Rhodesia, and Kush are but a few of the locations that no longer can be found on a modern globe. They were once central to the lives of millions of people, but now they are gone. They have become places lost in time. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rhodesian Bush War, Second Matabele War, First Matabele War, Shangani Patrol, Operation Dingo, Operation Overload. Excerpt:First Matabele War item Belligerents item United Kingdom British South Africa Police Tswana (Bechuana): Ndebele (Matabele) item Commanders item Cecil Rhodes Leander Starr Jameson Major Allan Wilson Major Patrick Forbes Khama III : King Lobengula Mjaan, chief inDuna item Casualties and losses item ca. 100: Over 10,000 British Artillery, ca 1900. The First Matabele War was fought in 1893-1894 between the British South Africa Company military forces and the Ndebele (Matabele) people. Lobengula , king of the Ndebele, avoided outright war with the British settlers because he and his advisors were mindful of the destructive power of the European weapons on traditional Matabele impis (units of Zulu warriors) attacking in massed ranks. Lobengula had 80,000 spearmen and 20,000 riflemen, armed with nine pound Martini-Henrys which were modern arms at that time. However, poor training meant that these were not effective weapons. The British South Africa Company had no more than 750 BSA Police troops with an undetermined number of possible colonial volunteers and an additional 700 Tswana (Bechuana) allies. Cecil Rhodes , who was Prime Minister of the Cape Colony and Leander Starr Jameson , the Administrator of Mashonaland also avoided war to prevent loss of confidence in the future of the territory. Matters came to a head when Lobengula approved a raid to forcibly extract tribute from a Mashona chief in the district of the town of Fort Victoria, which inevitably led to a clash with the BSA Company. Events leading to war The British government agreed that the British South Africa Company (BSAC) would administer the territory stretching from the Limpopo to Lake Tanganyik... ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Rhodesia," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Rhodesia in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Rhodesia when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Rhodesia, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: W. Blackwood and Sons in 1900 in 415 pages; Subjects: Zimbabwe; Zambia; Rhodesia; Rhodesia and Nyasaland; Malawi; History / Africa / General; History / Africa / South / General; History / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa; ... Read more

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Zimbabwe. History of Zimbabwe, Southern Rhodesia, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Rhodesia, Rhodesian Bush War, Lancaster House Agreement, Gukurahundi, Districts of Zimbabwe, Wards of Zimbabwe, Human rights in Zimbabwe, Politics of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe National Army, Economy of Zimbabwe, Demographics of Zimbabwe, 2008?2009 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Education in Zimbabwe, Media of Zimbabwe, Art of Zimbabwe, Sport in Zimbabwe, National Anthem of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean dollar, Harare, Outline of Zimbabwe ... Read more

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Not such a great book on Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe. History of Zimbabwe, Southern Rhodesia, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Rhodesia, Rhodesian Bush War, Lancaster ... Gukurahundi, Districts of Zimbabwe = all Wikipedia content. If you want a printout from Wikipedia on anything related to Zimbabwe, this is a fairly expensive, poorly edited and badly formated way of getting it. And that's ALL you'll get. ... Read more

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Title: Administering medicine without a license: missionary women in Rhodesia's nursing history, 1890--1901 (1).
Author: Ruramisai Charumbira
Publication: The Historian (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 68Issue: 2Page: 241(26)

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Studying of the meanings of education, mission identities, and cultural change in Southern Rhodesia, Summers shows how mission-educated Africans negotiated new identities for themselves and their communities within the confines of segregation. ... Read more