Ian Smith

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Bitter Harvest: Zimbabwe and the Aftermath of Its IndependencePaperback, 1 May 2008

Bitter Harvest: Zimbabwe and the Aftermath of Its Independence
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Print Length
442 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Blake Publishing
Date Published
1 May 2008
ISBN-10
1857826043
ISBN-13
9781857826043

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For more than a decade, Ian Smith served as Rhodesia's Prime Minister during the era of white minority rule. Following his death in 2007, he is still a man with the ability to excite powerful emotions. To some he is a leader whose formidable integrity led him into head-to-head confrontation with the Labor government of Britain in the 1960s. To others he is a demon best known for stating "I don't believe in black majority rule ever, not in a thousand years," for staunchly opposing Britain's insistence that majority rule be implemented before the nation's independence, and for imprisoning the leadership of the newly emerged black nationalist movement. In this revealing autobiography, Smith tells his own side of the story and reveals how he sought to keep Rhodesia on a path to full democracy during the West's decolonization of Africa. He tells the remarkable story behind the signing of the country's Unilateral Declaration of Independence and addresses the excesses of power that the current president, Robert Mugabe, has used to create the virtual dictatorship which exists in Zimbabwe today. This is a revealing and prescient historical document from a controversial figure charting the rise and fall of a once-great nation.

Product Details

Author:
Ian Smith
Book Format:
Paperback
Date Published:
1 May 2008
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.49 x 3.81 cm
ISBN-10:
1857826043
ISBN-13:
9781857826043
Language:
English
Location:
London, England
Pages:
442
Weight:
635.03 gm

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