Diplomacy and the Independence of Rhodesia

The Last Colony in Africa by Michael Charlton - 164 pages. Britain's conflict with Rhodesia over independence formed one of the most exacting diplomatic problems of modern times. In this book all the major figures in the operation which brought Rhodesia from the declaration of UDI by Ian Smith in 1965 to independence as Zimbabwe in 1980 speak with the author about the diplomatic effort and the much wider issues it tried to reflect and reconcile. The book provides the evidence of Lord Carrington, the foreign secretary charged with effecting the Independence and others, including Robert Mugabe and Ian Smith, to offer a useful source of information on one of the key colonial events of post-war British history. Selling for over £24 used elsewhere Read more