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Hubbard Douglass H. <1945-> |
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Bound for Africa : Cold War fight along the Zambezi / / by Douglass H. Hubbard, Jr |
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Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , 2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (327 p.) |
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Electronic books. |
Africa, Southern Description and travel |
Africa, Southern History 1899-1975 |
Africa, Southern History 1975- |
Zimbabwe Foreign relations 1965-1980 |
Zimbabwe History Chimurenga War, 1966-1980 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction by John P. Cann, PhD; 1. Africa Introduced; Vietnam Fini; 2. To Africa; 3. Policing Rhodesia; 4. War Comes; 5. The Other War ; 6. Mozambique Falls: Border Tensions Rise; 7. In the Field ; 8. Seeing Rhodesia; 9. Unexpected Events; Epilogue; Glossary ; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is the story of the author's introduction to Africa at a time when much of the continent was in the grips of Cold War skirmishes between the free world and the communist forces of China and the Soviet Union. Frayed from three years of service during the Vietnam War, Hubbard traveled to Africa intending to become a rural policeman in a quiet area of what was then Rhodesia. The counterinsurgency war flared soon after, a conflict that bore many of the same characteristics of the country he had just left. This is a very personal story of the frustrations he faced and of the attitudes and spir |
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