A small white minority seized control of Rhodesia. Tacit support and weak condemnations extended the harmful regime.

The Rhodesian Bush War reveals an uncomfortable truth about Western democracy, that lofty language about majority rule and human rights often collides with cold geopolitical calculations, leaving ...

Although Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence marks a turning point in the history of southern Africa, it is too soon to tell which way southern Africa has turned. Did UDI consolidate ...

A year ago Americans who were ignorant about Rhodesian problems would say to me: "I hate to admit it, but I really don't know where Rhodesia is." Because of the present crisis there is now much more ...

Britain’s Harold Wilson once called breakaway Rhodesia “my Viet Nam”—and with good reason. Since Rhodesia declared its independence in 1965, Wilson’s war of economic sanctions has cost Britain an ...