Fighting and writing : the Rhodesian army at war and postwar / Luise White.

"White soldiers who fought to defend white rule in Southern Africa years in the 1960s and 1970s are generally thought to be unreconstructed racists, men whose ideas about Africans and the superiority of white people blinded them to the realities of the postcolonial world. Using interviews, archives,...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: White, Luise (Author)
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Genre:
Physical Description:xiii, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 i 4500
001 in00006478626
003 OCoLC
005 20220616141529.0
008 200925t20212021ncuab b 001 0 eng
010 |a  2020022213 
015 |a GBC142322  |2 bnb 
016 7 |a 020134184  |2 Uk 
019 |a 1157961474 
020 |a 9781478010623  |q hardcover 
020 |a 1478010622  |q hardcover 
020 |a 9781478011729  |q paperback 
020 |a 1478011726  |q paperback 
020 |z 9781478021285  |q electronic book 
035 |a (OCoLC)1157957272 
040 |a NcD/DLC  |b eng  |e rda  |c DLC  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCF  |d UKMGB  |d YDX  |d UtOrBLW 
042 |a pcc 
043 |a f-rh--- 
049 |a EEMR 
050 0 0 |a DT2988  |b .W45 2021 
082 0 0 |a 968.91/04  |2 23 
100 1 |a White, Luise,  |e author.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84150640 
245 1 0 |a Fighting and writing :  |b the Rhodesian army at war and postwar /  |c Luise White. 
264 1 |a Durham :  |b Duke University Press,  |c 2021. 
264 4 |c ©2021 
300 |a xiii, 287 pages :  |b illustrations, maps ;  |c 24 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a On Place Names, Acronyms, and Currency -- Zimbabwe's Liberation Struggle and Rhodesia's Bush War: Locating its History -- "Blood and Ink": Memoirs, authors, histories -- "Your Shona is better than mine!": Blacking up and the pleasures of counterinsurgency -- "Every footprint tells a story": tracking and poaching -- "There is no copyright on facts": Litigation, Authorship, and the Transkei Defence Force -- "Every self-respecting terrorist has an AK-47": Guerrilla guns and the Rhodesian imagination -- "A plastic bag full of cholera": Chemical and biological weapons -- "Will travel worldwide: you pay expenses": foreign soldiers in the Rhodesian army -- "What interests do you have?" Security Force Auxiliaries and the limits of counterinsurgency. 
520 |a "White soldiers who fought to defend white rule in Southern Africa years in the 1960s and 1970s are generally thought to be unreconstructed racists, men whose ideas about Africans and the superiority of white people blinded them to the realities of the postcolonial world. Using interviews, archives, and the great many contentious war memoirs published following the war, Fighting and Writing argues that far from being the brutal, hapless pawns of a racist regime the white soldiers who fought for Rhodesia were ambivalent conscripts who generally understood the futility of the war"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
610 1 0 |a Southern Rhodesia.  |b Army.  |b Selous Scouts.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82162846 
610 1 7 |a Southern Rhodesia.  |b Army.  |b Selous Scouts.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01455245 
650 0 |a White people  |z Zimbabwe  |x History. 
650 0 |a White people  |x Race identity  |z Zimbabwe. 
651 0 |a Zimbabwe  |x Race relations  |x History. 
651 0 |a Zimbabwe  |x History  |y 1965-1980.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85149815 
651 0 |a Zimbabwe  |x History  |y Chimurenga War, 1966-1980.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007010 
650 7 |a Race relations.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01086509 
650 7 |a White people.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01174816 
650 7 |a White people  |x Race identity.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01174825 
651 7 |a Zimbabwe.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01209419 
647 7 |a Chimurenga War  |c (Zimbabwe :  |d 1966-1980)  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01352281 
648 7 |a 1965-1980  |2 fast 
655 7 |a History.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 
776 0 8 |i Online version:  |a White, Luise  |t Fighting and writing  |d Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.  |z 9781478021285  |w (DLC) 2020022214 
907 |y .b143369374  |b 220127  |c 210715 
998 |a mn  |b 210716  |c m  |d a   |e -  |f eng  |g ncu  |h 0  |i 2 
994 |a 92  |b EEM 
999 f f |i 0f82cb82-242f-5575-a7a1-ae5c327bdb04  |s 2955f9cb-ccc1-5bc4-b042-7db8d998cb0a  |t 0 
952 f f |p Can Circulate  |a Michigan State University-Library of Michigan  |b Michigan State University  |c MSU Main Library  |d MSU Main Library  |t 0  |e DT2988 .W45 2021  |h Library of Congress classification  |i Printed Material  |m 31293037571142  |n 1