LEADER 02685nam 22005771 450 001 9910463196003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61251-421-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000412952 035 $a(EBL)1340916 035 $a(OCoLC)855969812 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000953121 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12450475 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000953121 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10910326 035 $a(PQKB)11139265 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1340916 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1340916 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10767330 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL686247 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000412952 100 $a20080411d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBound for Africa $eCold War fight along the Zambezi /$fby Douglass H. Hubbard, Jr 210 1$aAnnapolis, Maryland :$cNaval Institute Press,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (327 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-54965-6 311 $a1-59114-394-2 320 $aIncludes index. 327 $aTable 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 330 $aThis 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 607 $aAfrica, Southern$xDescription and travel 607 $aAfrica, Southern$xHistory$y1899-1975 607 $aAfrica, Southern$xHistory$y1975- 607 $aZimbabwe$xForeign relations$y1965-1980 607 $aZimbabwe$xHistory$yChimurenga War, 1966-1980 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a967.9 700 $aHubbard$b Douglass H.$f1945-$0983106 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463196003321 996 $aBound for Africa$92243862 997 $aUNINA