The vicious conflict (1964-79) that brought Robert Mugabe to power in Zimbabwe. Expert coverage of the war, its historical context, and its aftermath. Descriptions of guerrilla warfare, counterinsurgency operations, and actions by units like Grey's Scouts.

The Rhodesian War: A Military History (Stackpole Military History Series)

History

Moorcraft, Paul L.

Africa

Stackpole Books

A short thousand years: The end of Rhodesia's rebellion

Galaxie Press

Stander-- bank robber

Politics & Social Sciences

Cohen, Mike

Social Sciences

Galago Publishing

Anchoress of Shere

In 1329, a beautiful Surrey woman is walled up alive in the village church of Shere. The Anchoress' story is taken up late in this century by deranged Catholic priest Father Michael Duval.Gradually, two separate sagas unfold: the world of the Middle Ages centered on Christine's entombment, and the 1967 abduction of a young woman from Guildford.In a series of exotic twists, the medieval world of knights, debauchery, peasant uprisings and civil war merges into a modern hunt for a serial killer. The tragedy of the anchoress is based upon historical facts, yet it is also an exploration of the most dramatic themes of today: sexual freedom, and the power of blief, spiritual bondage and the individual search for self - fulfillment.Above all, this is a gripping adventure story of a love so obsessive that it spans more than 600 years.

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Millstream Press

Paul Moorcraft has covered most of the wars of the last quarter of the 20th century on four continents. An experienced war correspondent, he shows here the other - often lighter - side of the major conflicts of our time, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. More interested in flying buttresses than flying bullets, the dangers are underplayed as the writer is constantly distracted by bizarre characters, strange places, odd traditions, disturbing food and his constant habit of being sucked into eccentric debate with the locals.

Guns and poses: Travels with an occasional war correspondent

Travel

Guildford, Surrey [England] : Millstream Press

As the literature on military-media relations grows, it is informed by antagonism either from journalists who report on wars or from ex-soldiers in their memoirs. Academics who attempt more judicious accounts rarely have any professional military or media experience. A working knowledge of the operational constraints of both professions underscores Shooting the Messenger. A veteran war correspondent and think tank director, Paul L. Moorcraft has served in the British Ministry of Defence, while historian-by-training Philip M. Taylor is a professor of international communications who has lectured widely to the U.S. military and at NATO institutions. Some of the topics they examine in this wide-ranging history of military-media relations are: – the interface between soldiers and civilian reporters covering conflicts – the sometimes grey area between reporters’ right or need to know and the operational security constraints imposed by the military – the military’s manipulation of journalists who accept it as a trade-off for safer battlefield access – the resultant gap between images of war and their reality – the evolving nature of media technology and the difficulties—and opportunities—this poses to the military – journalistic performance in reporting conflict as an observer or a participant Moorcraft and Taylor provide a bridge over which each side can pass and a path to mutual understanding.

Shooting the Messenger: The Political Impact of War Reporting

Taylor, Philip M.

Military

POTOMAC BOOKS

Anchoress of Shere is a compelling crime story, set in two different centuries. It depicts the story of a beautiful woman, Christine, as she is walled up alive in a church. The location is Shere in the County of Surrey, England. The historical records, which still exist, put the date at 1329.The twentieth-century chronicler of the fate of Christine Carpenter, the Anchoress of Shere, is a deranged Catholic priest, Father Michael Duval. Gradually, two separate sagas unfold: the bizarre world of the Middle Ages centred on Christine’s entombment, and the abduction of a young woman, Marda Stewart, in Guildford, Surrey, in 1967.In a series of exotic twists the medieval world of knights, debauchery, peasant uprisings and civil war merges into a modern hunt for a serial killer. The final piece of the puzzle is discovered in the late 1990s.The tragedy of the anchoress is based upon historical fact, yet it is also an exploration of the most dramatic themes of today: the power of belief, sexual freedom, spiritual bondage and the individual search for self-fulfillment.Above all, this is a gripping adventure story of a love so obsessive that it spans more than six hundred years.

United States

Poisoned Pen Pr

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