Counterinsurgency in rhodesia pdf

Rhodesia was founded in 1890 by cecil rhodes when he tried to assert british dominance over southern africa. Unfortunately, none of the aforementioned counterinsurgency theorists emphasize the importance of denying external support to insurgents. The rhodesian air force was originally formed in 1935 under the name southern rhodesia staff corps air unit and served as a territorial unit. I am lucky that my girlfriend is south african and her mum rhodesian. The vicious conflict 196479 that brought robert mugabe to power in zimbabwe expert coverage of the war, its historical context, and its aftermath descriptions of guerrilla warfare, counterinsurgency operations, and actions by units like greys scouts amid the colonial upheaval of the 1960s, britain urged its colony in southern rhodesia. Ultimately, all governments stand or fall on the consent of the governed, and all counterinsurgency campaigns depend for their success on the government securing that consent. It is interesting in hindsight to view the rhodesian conflict.

Ignore culture in counterinsurgency at your own peril. The rhodesians suc cessfully targeted both the insurgent infrastructure and its units. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read counterinsurgency in rhodesia rle. The role of airpower in the rhodesian bush war, 1965 1980. Thus, when rhodesias african nationalists, imbued with marxist revolutionary theories so beloved of the national liberation. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Terrorism and insurgency ebook written by jakkie cilliers. Santa monica, calif rand corporation, r3998a, 1991, p.

Born in kenya, peter has lived and travelled over much of southern and central africa. One example of a successful counterinsurgency would be the selous scouts, a special forces regiment of the rhodesian army during the rhodesian bush war 19741979 in zimbabwe. Rhodesias military fought tooth and nail, especially as the war heated up around. Becketts modern insurgencies and counterinsurgencies. Rhodesian coin consolidated thread, inc original rli. During this period, the rhodesian front rf government of ian smith adopted a radical rightwing worldstruggle ideology to justify settler resistance to african decolonisation. In 1923, it became a selfgoverning territory within the british empire. Arnold, lessons of contemporary counterinsurgencies. Counterinsurgency in rhodesia jakkie cilliers 1985 this book is out of print. Counterinsurgency and guerrilla war in rhodesia, 19621980.

This article examines the rhodesian defence regiments role in the rhodesian security forces counterinsurgency efforts against the zimbabwe african national liberation army and zimbabwe. He died in 1917, but hes remained legendary in southern africa. Thanks mods rrhodesia is a discussion place for all people interested in the country of rhodesia. Counterinsurgency and guerrilla war in rhodesia, 19621980 zambeziana. The civil war roots of military domination in zimbabwe. The final outcome permanently altered the balance of power in the subcontinent of southern africa. The smith government portrayed african nationalism not as an indigenous political phenomenon, but as an external instrument of world communism and western appeasement. African insurgents faced a settlerstate determined to keep power in white hands. Peter baxter is an author, amateur historian and african field, mountain and heritage travel guide. Several attempts, including meeting on the warships tiger and fearless, however, failed, and in 1969 ian smith declared. This bitter struggle can be seen as a classic model of insurgent versus counterinsurgent strategies. When i first entered rhodesia there was a tremendous amount of. Terrorism and insurgency routledge library editions.

Its purpose is to analyze the lessons learned from the rhodesian conflict and assess the relevance of these lessons both to united states low intensity conflict training and doc. Rhodesian government viewed african guerrilla warfare as unrelated to domestic politics, rhodesian counterinsurgency lacked a realistic political dimension. Its purpose is to analyze the lessons learned from the rhodesian conflict and to assess the relevance of these lessons both to united states lowintensityconflict training and doctrine and to the insurgencies occurring at this time in central america. Politics, ideology and counterinsurgency in rhodesia, 196580. Zimbabwe once rhodesia or, more accurately, southern rhodesia is situated in the southern limits of africas intertropical zone, between latitudes 15030s and 22030s. A particular gap in rhodesias counterinsurgency campaign was that of. Rhodesian propaganda warfare during the zimbabwe war of liberation in chilonga, chiredzi southeast of zimbabwe. Guerrillas and their opponents since 1750, and the routledge handbook of insurgency and counterinsurgency. Thanks mods r rhodesia is a discussion place for all people interested in the country of rhodesia. He was educated in rhodesia zimbabwe, leaving the country after independence for an extended bout of travel before returning in 1989. Between 1965 and 1980, the vastly outnumbered military forces of rhodesia, now zimbabwe, fought a counterinsurgency coin against rebel forces infiltrating the country on three sides. Signup for our mailing list and get a free ebook of the great south african land scandal. After 1972, when rhodesia faced a protracted insurgency, many of the principles of rf ideology were applied to counterinsurgency warfare with disastrous results.

Pseudo operation strategies used in earlier counterinsurgency campaigns can offer. This is an excellent and shocking book from 2004 which shows what happened to the white farms the blacks got from the anc government. The history of the rhodesian air force flightlineweekly. External support to insurgencies small wars journal.

Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. I held the view then, as i do now, that rhodesia had a great opportunity to create a country that would have been the perfect model of racial harmony in africa. It has been over three decades since the union jack was lowered on the colony of rhodesia, but the bitter and divisive civil war that preceded it has continued to endure as a textbook counterinsurgency campaign fought between a mobile, motivated and highly trained rhodesian security establishment and two constituted liberations movements. Ht to erik who sent in a link to this online book counterinsurgency in rhodesia link no longer works by j. With the launch of joint anczapu military operations in areas of northwest rhodesia in august 1967, south african police. Pdf the rhodesian war download full pdf book download. One is the desire, inchoate in the writing of both gibson and wilkinson, to thrust upon the racial struggle a straitjacket of fashionable revolutionary theory. Click download or read online button to get rhodesian bush war book now. Pdf counterinsurgency in rodesia ruben kaping academia. This general study is an interpretative analysis of the counterinsurgency strategy during the. Literature on rhodesian counterinsurgent efforts generally fits into one of three.

It has been over three decades since the union jack was lowered on the colony of rhodesia, but the bitter and divisive civil war that preceded it has continued to endure as a textbook counterinsurgency campaign fought between a mobile, motivated and highly trained rhodesian security establishment and two constituted liberations movements motivated, resourced and inspired by the ideals of. The conflict pitted three forces against one another. Caucasian scouts were encouraged not to shave in order to hide their. Rhodesia and in zimbabwe 163 from the time of the unilateral declaration of independence in rhodesia in november 1965, the security situation in that country was a major concern of the south african government. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading selous scouts. Create an aipowered research feed to stay up to date with new papers like this posted to arxiv. Counterinsurgency and guerrilla war in rhodesia, 19621980 zambeziana ellert, h on. Without question, this is one of the best accounts of the overall rhodesian counterinsurgency strategy or lack thereof at times. Some good books on this subject include anthony james joes resisting rebellion. This report examines the counterinsurgency campaign waged by. Pseudo operations and counterinsurgency army war college. The book covers a wide variety of topics including a general overview of the war, psychological and intelligence operations, protected village and cordon sanitaire tactics, security force axillary operations, pseudooperations of the selous scouts, and other.

A general search finds rhodesia rhodesian appears in over a hundred threads, often in book lists for example. With rhodesia being the archetypal example of pseudo ops i thought i would ask if anyone could reccomend texts to help me or if anyone on the forum actually took part in the rhodesian bush war or the conflicts that south africa and the old portuguese colonies were involved in. Pseudo ops and counterinsurgency in africa rhodesia and. Consequently, current united states counterinsurgency doctrine includes only cursory reference to insurgent external support, treating outside aid as minor consideration in counterinsurgency operations. When originally published in 1985 this volume was the first scholarly and objective contribution available on rhodesian counterinsurgency. The rhodesian bush war also called the second chimurenga and the zimbabwe war of liberation was a civil conflict from july 1964 to december 1979 in the unrecognised country of rhodesia later zimbabwerhodesia. Rhodesian bush war download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The history and politics of counterinsurgency, ian f.

Ada238 998 lessons for contemporary counterinsurgencies. It documents and explains why rhodesia lost the war. The selous scouts took their name from british african explorer frederick courteney sel ous. Some 450 miles 725 km long from north to south and 520 miles 835 km wide, its area is 150 300. This report examines the counterinsurgency campaign waged by rhodesia between 1965 and 1980. Attention r rhodesia is under construction, please bear with us in the coming weeks as we update and build. Many rhodesian soldiers embraced the punitive approach to such an extent that they overextended the rules of engagement. After world war ii, white settlers tried to cling to power, even though great britain granted independence to its colonies under the principle of majority rule. The rhodesian counterinsurgency campaign 196280 ii. Whether you were born there or just curious about the countrys history everybody is welcome to post.

This article examines the vital importance of political ideology in formulating effective counterinsurgency, by examining the case of rhodesia between 1965 and 1980. Ellert, the rhodesian front war, counterinsurgency and guerrilla warfare 19621980, p. Cilliersgroom helm london sydney dover, new hampshire contents1985j. Counterinsurgency in rhodesia pdf free download epdf. Acces pdf bush war rhodesia 1966 1980 africawar offers. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. He was born in london in 1851, where as a young man he showed interest in the dark continent, as africa was. Although ultimately unsuccessful, the rhodesians developed many innovative and unique coin tactics, at both the operational and tactical levels. What are some examples of successful counterinsurgencies. Until we have a more detailed knowledge of southern african guerrilla movements and the. These all provide a number of examples of coin operations that were successful. In addition,rhodesia best counterinsurgency force in the world.