Rhodesian Fire Force 1966-80
$44.00
- Paperback
72 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2014
Summary
On 11 November 1965, Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith unilaterally declared his country independent of Britain. International sanctions were immediately instituted against the minority white regime as Robert Mugabe’s ZANLA and Joshua Nkomo’s ZIPRA armies commenced their armed struggle, the Chimurenga, the war of liberation.
As Communist-trained guerrillas flooded the country, the beleaguered Rhodesians, hard-pressed for manpower and military resources, were forced to devise new and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781910294055 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1910294055 |
| Author: | Kerrin Cocks |
| Publisher: | Helion & Company |
| Imprint: | Helion & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 72 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 294g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 296mm x 210mm |
| Series: | Africa@War |
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About The Author
Kerrin Cocks
Kerrin Cocks, a journalist by profession, has worked in the military-history publishing industry for fourteen years. She conceptualized the Africa@War series (co-published by 30° South and Helion & Co.) In 2009 she scripted, directed, produced and edited the full-length DVD documentary that accompanied Richard Wood’s book Counter-Strike from the Sky: The Rhodesian All-arms Fireforce in the War in the Bush, 1974–1980, which was bought and aired on the New Zealand Documentary Channel. She is the author of Rhodesian Fire Force, 1966–1980 (2015) and co-author of I Won’t be Home Next Summer: Flight Lieutenant R.N. Selley DFC (1917–1941) (2014). She lives in Barberton, South Africa.
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