Moderator's Note
I have consolidated four RFI threads into this:All matters Rhodesian / Rhodesia (merged thread)
A lot of information sits in the main thread: Rhodesian COIN (consolidated thread, inc original RLI) and the recently published book: Africa's Commandos - new book on the RLI (Now in Historians arena).
As the war in Rhodesia was within a region wracked by conflict it is worth checking another thread: South Africa's COIN war in SWA/Namibia/Angola and COIN in Africa: The Portuguese Way of War, 1961–1974 (Now in Historians arena).
A debate over the Rhodesian tactic 'Fireforce' is found in the Afghan context: Moving the Rhod. Fire Force concept to Afghanistan?
A general search finds Rhodesia / Rhodesian appears in over a hundred threads, often in book lists for example. (Ends).
H/T to Erik who sent in a link to this online book - Counterinsurgency in Rhodesia (link no longer works) by J. K. Cilliers. The book was written in 1985; here are the chapters:
- Brief History of the War for Zimbabwe 1890 - 1979
- Command and Control
- Protected and Consolidated Villages
- Border Minefield Obstacles
- Psuedo Operations and the Selous Scouts
- Internal Defence and Development
- External Operations
- Operation Favour: Security Force Auxiliaries
- Intelligence
- The Security Situation by Late 1979
- Conclusion
Was a separate thread and merged today
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