| 1. | The Bush War In Rhodesia: The Extraordinary Combat Memoir of a Rhodesian Reconnaissance Specialist
Paperback by Dennis Croukamp. The Rhodesian Bush War. It was a ferocious guerrilla warfare campaign between the regular and elite units of the Rhodesian Army doing battle against Communist-backed terrorist groups in the valleys, jungles and bush country of Rhodesia, Mozambique and Zambia. Warrant Officer Dennis Croukamp fought in the conflict from its beginnings in the 1960s to the very end in 1979, and his combat memoir is an extraordinary chronicle of that bitter struggle from inside some of the most highly regarded elite combat units to ever take the field. In The Bush War in Rhodesia, Croukamp chronicles his eventful service with the Rhodesian Regular Army, the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) and the Selous Scouts Reconnaisance Troop as he took part in cross-border reconnaissance operations, HALO jumps behind enemy lines, urban ops in the townships of Salisbury, raids, ambushes, demolition missions, prisoner snatches and more. And through it all, Croukamp brought along a camera, providing a remarkable visual documentation of this little-known war. This searingly honest, action-packed memoir is sure to become a classic, ground-level account of the bloody “bush wars” of Africa.
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| 2. | Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia
Paperback by Frederick Courteney Selous. Subtitle: Being a Narrative of Events in Matabeleland Both Before and During the Recent Native Insurrection up to the Date of the Disbandment of the Bulawayo Field Force General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1896 Original Publisher: R. Ward and co., limited Subjects: Zimbabwe Matabeleland (Zimbabwe) Matabeleland (Southern Rhodesia) Matabeleland History / Africa / General History / Africa / South / General History / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III First overt act of rebellion -- Natives borrow axes from Mrs. Selous -- Where are the white police ? -- Native woman gives information of the murder of whites -- Natives run off with the cattle -- Murder of three miners -- Inscrutability of the Kafir mind -- Matabele raid on cattle. Now this murder of a native policeman on the night of Friday, 20th March, was the first overt act of rebellion on the part of the Matabele against the Government of the British South Africa Company, and I will therefore relate exactly what occurred. On the evening of the aforementioned day, eight native policemen, acting on instructions of Mr. Jackson, arrived at the town of Umgorshlwini, situated in the hills near the Umzingwani river. Being accompanied by several boys carrying their blankets, etc., they formed quite a little party, and so camped outside the native town. They were sitting talking over their fires after the evening meal, when a number of Matabele came up, and ranging themselves in a line in front of them, commenced to dance. These men all carried knob-kerries, and were led by a man named Umzobo,1 who had held a post of importance at Bulawayo in Lo Bengula's time. The so-called ...
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| 4. | RHODESIA AT WAR
DVD. A 2 disc DVD set that covers the Rhodesian conflict of the 1970's. Volume 1: The Warriors of Rhodesia looks at various military units, Volume 2: The War Years covers the actual conflict. Contains graphic war footage.
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| 7. | If I Should Die
Paperback by Tom Hampshire. This is the story of Africa, shown in its most cruelest and tender moments.
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| 8. | Guns for Hire: How the CIA & US Army Recruit Mercenaries for White Rhodesia
Paperback by Jon Dough. A collectors item from the anti-colonial struggles of the seventies. This text details how the US military and CIA colluded with Solider of Fortune magazine and others to send white mercenaries to fight for the Ian Smith regime in Rhodesia. While the nitty gritty details are mainly of historical significance, given the heavy reliance on "contractors" in Iraq and elsewhere, the broad outlines of this work remain relevant today. Originally published in the 1970s, this new introduction has an introduction written in 2005. From the introduction by Jon Dough: "Although the CIA's mercenary operation for Zimbabwe had failed in the end, the machinery remains as a covert weapon that can be restarted and put to use in new imperialist interventions and wars in the Global South. That's why this investigative report still has useful knowledge for everyone tracking the bloody footprints of the u.s. empire."
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