60 years on from Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence in 1965, this book brings together its most important themes to examine its consequences and offer the most comprehensive overview to date.
Situating the UDI in its local, regional and international context, this collection offers a range of historical approaches; political, economic, social, cultural, international and transnational to provide a richer and deeper understanding of contemporary Zimbabwe. From the origins of the UDI, to the response of Britain and the Commonwealth, it explores the implications for US foreign policy, transnational cooperation, the South African liberation movements, oil sanctions, international sports boycotts and African Nationalism.
Based on an array of rich archival and oral history sources, this book brings together new ways of understanding the multiple and complex dimensions of Rhodesia’s UDI and highlights its importance to wider African and World history.
Introduction, Sue Onslow, Hugh Pattenden, and Carl P. Watts (King’s College London, UK, University of Southampton, UK and Global College of Professional Military Education, USA)
Part I: Rhodesia and the UDI
1. The Origins of Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence, Alois Mlambo (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
2. African Nationalists and Rhodesia’s UDI, Eliakim M. Sibanda (University of Winnipeg, Canada)
3. The military history of the war for Zimbabwe, M. T. Howard (Independent Scholar)
4. Security anxieties and white civilian life during the Rhodesian Guerrilla War, 1970-1979, Josiah Brownell (Pratt Institute New York, USA)
5. The Legacy of the UDI, Stephen Chan (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK)
Part II: Regional Responses to the UDI
6. Zambia and the UDI, Andy DeRoche (Front Range Community College, USA)
7. South Africa and the UDI, Chris Saunders and Sue Onslow (University of Cape Town, South Africa, and King’s College London, UK)
8. Portuguese Africa and Rhodesia, 1965-1975, Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses and Robert McNamara (Maynooth University, USA and University of Ulster, UK)
9. The impact of cross-border raids on the Frontline States, Rhodesia, and Patriotic Front negotiations, 1976-1979, Timothy Scarnecchia (Kent State University, USA)
Part III: International Responses to the UDI
10. Britain and the UDI, Hugh Pattenden (University of Southampton, UK)
11. The Commonwealth and Rhodesia’s UDI, Carl P. Watts (Global College of Professional Military Education, USA)
12. U.S. Policy towards Rhodesia, 1965-1979, Eddie Michel (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
13. The Soviet Union and its Allies vs Rhodesia, Vladimir Shubin (Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences).
14. Britain, Rhodesia and the Lancaster House Settlement, Sue Onslow (King’s College London, UK)
Part IV: Transnational Perspectives on the UDI
15. Sanctions, Sanction-Busting, and the Rhodesian Independence Crisis, 1965-1980, Chris Dietrich (Fordham University, USA)
16. International Sports Boycotts as a Response to the UDI, 1965-1980, Charles Little (St. Mary’s University, UK)
17. Forging Transnational White Solidarity in Support of the UDI, R. Joseph Parrott (The Ohio State University, USA)
18. The British Anti-Apartheid Movement and the UDI, Jean Smith (King’s College London, UK)
19. Pan-African Responses to the UDI,” by Matteo Grilli (University of Padova, Italy)
20. Race and Gendered Memories in the Time of the UDI, Ruramisai Charumbira (Western University, Canada)
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