Rhodesian COIN (consolidated thread, inc original RLI)

[davidbfpo]

I know a review of Melson's book is due in the journal Small Wars & Insurgencies.

Awaiting my attention and time is a book published in Zimbabwe, in 2020 and available via Bush War Books in South Africa: 'A Brutal State of Affairs: The rise and fall of Rhodesia' by Henrik Ellert and Dennis Anderson, both were police officers, in the Special Branch at the time. Two reviews and five ratings on: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brutal-Stat...pe=all_reviews

[davidbfpo]

I still add updates here - partly as this thread continues to get many visits (754k till today).

Today I received an article by Dr. Robert Lyman, ex-UK Army and now a military historian on the Rhodesian War; it was published a year ago today. It is a critical commentary and some of the links / names have appeared here before. See: https://robertlyman.substack.com/p/b...-how-to-lose-a