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Автор: Wood J R T
Название: Matter of Weeks Rather Than Months
ISBN: 9781466934092
Издательство: Trafford Publishing
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История Африки

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ISBN-10: 1466934093
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 688
Вес: 1.85 кг.
Дата издания: 31.07.2012
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: Black & white illustrations
Размер: 285 x 215 x 45
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: The impasse between harold wilson and ian smith sanctions, aborted settlements and war 1965-1969
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Поставляется из: США
Описание: Founded on 35 years of research into o the post-1945 Anglo-Rhodesian history, this book complements Richard Woods The Welensky Papers: A History of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland: 1953-1963 (1983) and So Far and No Further! Rhodesias bid for independence during the retreat from empire: 1959-1965 (2005). Of So Far, Michael Hartnack wrote that Once in a lifetime comes a book which must force a total shift in the thinking persons perception of an epoch, and of all the prominent characters who featured in it. A Matter of Weeks Rather than Months recounts the action and reaction to Ian Smiths unilateral declaration of Rhodesias independence, the second such declaration since the American one of 1776. It examines the dilemmas of both sides. Smiths problem was how to legitimise his rebellion to secure crucial investment capital, markets, trade and more. His antagonist, the British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, was determined not to transfer sovereignty until Rhodesia accepted African majority rule in common with the rest of Africa. Given British feelings for their Rhodesian kith and kin and Rhodesias landlocked position, Wilson eschewed the use of force. He could only impose sanctions but hoped they would defeat Smith in a matter weeks rather than months. The Rhodesians, however, evaded the sanctions with such success that they forced Wilson to negotiate a settlement. Negotiations were nevertheless doomed because the self-confident Rhodesians would not accept a period of direct British rule while rapid progress to majority rule was made or the imposition of restraints on powers they had possessed since gaining self-government in 1923. In tune with their allies in the African National Congress of South Africa, the Rhodesian or Zimbabwean African nationalists had already adopted the Marxist concept of the Armed Struggle as a means to power. Sponsored by the Communist Bloc, its surrogates and allies, they began a series of armed incursions from their safe haven in Zambia. Although bloodily and easily repulsed, they would learn from their mistakes as the Rhodesian forces would discover in the 1970s. Consequently, this is a tale of sanctions, negotiations and counter-insurgency warfare.

Matter of Weeks Rather Than Months, Wood J R T