Bitter Harvest : Zimbabwe and the Aftermath of its Independence
In July 2007, Zimbabwe's worsening economy saw inflation skyrocket to 7,634 per cent, deepening the already chronic food shortages in a country where only one in five of the adult population is in employment. Months later, on 20 November 2007, Ian Smith, the former Prime Minister of Rhodesia died, leaving behind him a lifetime of resistance to black majority rule and the dangers that he believed it would bring to his country. Ian Smith was a man with the ability to excite powerful emotions in all who heard his name. To those who still revere his memory he was a hero, a mighty leader, a man whose
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9781843582380, 1843582384
781613584
Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 The Growth of a Nation; 2 From Innocence to Experience; 3 Settling Back Home; 4 The End of Federation; 5 The Formation of the Rhodesian Front; 6 The First Rhodesian Front Government: Field and Independence; 7 The Premiership in 1964; 8 The Advent of the British Labour Government and the Issue of Independence; 9 The Final Steps to UDI in 1965; 10 The Immediate Consequences of UDI; 11 First Moves to Settle in 1966: HMS Tiger; 12 Renewed Settlement Efforts in 1968: HMS Fearless; 13 The Home-Smith Agreement, 1972. 14 The Loss of Mozambique, Vorster and Détente in 1974-7515 The Kissinger Agreement of 1976; 16 The Geneva Conference 211; 17 The Internal Settlement of 4 March, 1978; 18 The Interim Government of 1978-79; 19 My Last Days in Office; 20 The Government of National Unity and the Lancaster House Conference; 21 The Election of Mugabe; 22 The Aftermath of the Election; 23 Life under Mugabe; 24 Elections
1995-96; Janet; Glossary; Postscript; Afterword; Index; Acknowledgement; Copyright