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Perfect read which gives you a real feeling of being in the bush at this time. The experiences that Rod had during this conflict could have happened to anyone who happens to get caught up in a national conflict. The humour clearly comes across and he very cleverly lets your imagination fill in the macabre events without going into too much detail. I highly recommend this book to everyone, excellent read. --Amazon review
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Recollections of the terrorist war in Rhodesia This is the true story of an ordinary person unwittingly caught up in a terrorist war. It is a story of Rhodesia in the nineteen seventies when the African Nationalists were fighting for independence from the white dominated government. As the war intensified, all able-bodied men were called up to serve in the various branches of the security forces. At that time, I was running a small garage business and my wife and I had a young family. The inevitable call up papers arrived and the story starts to unfold. There is plenty of action but, like all wars, there are also hours of idleness and moments of great tension as we sought out the terrorist groups while they moved through the countryside. There are, however, tales of humour, hilarity, seriousness, horror and sadness. These memoirs cover the years from 1975 to 1978, after the government, led by Prime Minister Ian Smith, had conceded to handing over to African majority rule. It was naively thought that the nationalist leaders would return for talks and the conflict cease but, unfortunately, the war gradually intensified as those leaders fought for supremacy. Hopes were dashed that out of the conflict the various parties could come to an agreement which would give an independent Rhodesia a stable government with an integrated multiracial society to head towards a strong economy to benefit the whole population. After 1975 the security forces were stretched to the limit in maintaining some semblance of order to enable a peaceful hand over to independence, that finally came in 1980. Unfortunately, over the ensuing years, events have overtaken the country to dash the aspirations and dreams of so many well meaning people within and without the country that is now known as Zimbabwe.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Perfect read which gives you a real feeling of being in the bush at this time. The experiences that Rod had during this conflict could have happened to anyone who happens to get caught up in a national conflict. The humour clearly comes across and he very cleverly lets your imagination fill in the macabre events without going into too much detail. I highly recommend this book to everyone, excellent read.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I read memoirs with a lot of trepidation as they are often either a huge ego trip or saccharine sweet love-ins. This is neither. It is as honest a book as you could wish to find with no political agenda but filled with the hopes, fears and laughter of a young civilian thrown into a war theatre with precious little training. It is a simply told story that tells of the trials and tribulations of being arbitrarily thrown into contact with people both pleasaant and unpleasant but where life-long friends are made, as can only happen in the life-threatening arena of conflict. Any person who has done military service will identify with this. It does not shy away from the horrible details of death and injury but does not go into unnecessary gory detail either. All in all, a worth-while addition for anyone who is interested in the Bush War of the 1970's and 80's in what is now Zimbabwe.
I read memoirs with a lot of trepidation as they are often either a huge ego trip or saccharine sweet love-ins. This is neither. It is as honest a book as you could wish to find with no political agenda but filled with the hopes, fears and laughter of a young civilian thrown into a war theatre with precious little training. It is a simply told story that tells of the trials and tribulations of being arbitrarily thrown into contact with people both pleasaant and unpleasant but where life-long friends are made, as can only happen in the life-threatening arena of conflict. Any person who has done military service will identify with this. It does not shy away from the horrible details of death and injury but does not go into unnecessary gory detail either. All in all, a worth-while addition for anyone who is interested in the Bush War of the 1970's and 80's in what is now Zimbabwe.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Perfect read which gives you a real feeling of being in the bush at this time. The experiences that Rod had during this conflict could have happened to anyone who happens to get caught up in a national conflict. The humour clearly comes across and he very cleverly lets your imagination fill in the macabre events without going into too much detail. I highly recommend this book to everyone, excellent read.
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