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 ...
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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 This is a revealing and prescient historical document from a controversial figure charting the rise and fall of a once-great nation.
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Good Condition. 9781857826043. Smith, Ian Douglas, 1919-2007. Good+ 1st print 2008 Blake paperback with photo sections. Book appears a little squashed out of shape due to previous storage, lower front corner of cover and first pages curling and a little creased, tight and unmarked. Size: 15.24 x 3.81 x 22.86 cm. 288 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Smith, Ian Douglas, 1919-2007; ISBN: 1857826043. ISBN/EAN: 9781857826043. Dewey Code: 968.9104092. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 091509.
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Collectable-Very Good Condition. 9781857826043. Biography: Historical, Political & Military. VG-2nd impression 2008 Blake paperback with photo sections. Crease to lower corner of front cover, small stain mark to base of book otherwise VG bright and unmarked. Size: 154.94\nx 228.6\nx 38.1mm. 462 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Biography: Historical, Political & Military; ISBN: 1857826043. ISBN/EAN: 9781857826043. Dewey Code: 968.9104092. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 085430.
