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Fighting And Writing - The Rhodesian Army War And Postwar (Paperback): Luise White

Fighting And Writing - The Rhodesian Army War And Postwar (Paperback)

Luise White

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Luise White brings the force of her historical insight to bear on the many war memoirs published by white soldiers who fought for Rhodesia during the 1964–1979 Zimbabwean liberation struggle.

In the memoirs of white soldiers fighting to defend white minority rule in Africa long after other countries were independent, the author finds a robust and contentious conversation about race, difference, and the war itself. These are writings by men who were ambivalent conscripts, generally aware of the futility of their fight—not brutal pawns flawlessly executing the orders and parroting the rhetoric of a racist regime. Moreover, most of these men insisted that the most important aspects of fighting a guerrilla war—tracking and hunting, knowledge of the land and of the ways of African society—were learned from black playmates in idealized rural childhoods.

In these memoirs, African guerrillas never lost their association with the wild, even as white soldiers boasted of bringing Africans into the intimate spaces of regiment and regime.

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Imprint: Jacana Media
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: November 2021
Authors: Luise White
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-1-4314-3135-9
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General
Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Military life & institutions > General
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Biography > General
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LSN: 1-4314-3135-4
Barcode: 9781431431359

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Tue, 12 Jul 2022 | Review by: Ant R.

An academic book that researches the why and what behind the Who - a scholarly deep dive into the minds and thinking of those who wrote about the Rhodesian war

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