02652nam 22005651 450 991078730200332120230721045129.01-61251-421-9(CKB)2670000000412952(EBL)1340916(OCoLC)855969812(SSID)ssj0000953121(PQKBManifestationID)12450475(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000953121(PQKBWorkID)10910326(PQKB)11139265(MiAaPQ)EBC1340916(Au-PeEL)EBL1340916(CaPaEBR)ebr10767330(CaONFJC)MIL686247(EXLCZ)99267000000041295220080411d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBound for Africa Cold War fight along the Zambezi /by Douglass H. Hubbard, JrAnnapolis, Maryland :Naval Institute Press,2008.1 online resource (327 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-54965-6 1-59114-394-2 Includes index.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 AuthorThis 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 spirAfrica, SouthernDescription and travelAfrica, SouthernHistory1899-1975Africa, SouthernHistory1975-ZimbabweForeign relations1965-1980ZimbabweHistoryChimurenga War, 1966-1980967.9Hubbard Douglass H.1945-1561881MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787302003321Bound for Africa3828982UNINA