Dirty War: Rhodesia and Chemical Biological Warfare 1975-1980

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A review of the book by Paul Moorcraft, a writer on wars and for a time resident in the region IIRC, via CBRN magazine website.

There are some remarks I am not familiar with, e.g. Anglo-US removal of South Africa's CBW weapons. Anyway I digress and so his last paragraph as a "taster":

or specialists, Dr Cross’s book is very impressive. He is no stylist, however, and lack of hard documentary evidence enforces necessary speculation and some unnecessary repetition. or specialists, Dr Cross’s book is very impressive. This is likely to be the last word on the subject. Few
Few care about the white supremacists’ last stand in southern Africa, and yet the subject is very pertinent. It shows how a very basic and amateurish programme can inflict thousands of deaths in an asymmetric war. No wonder al-Qaeda and Daesh have been so fixated on the same type of evil endeavour.

Link:http://www.cbrneworld.com/_uploads/download_magazines/Book_review_Rhodesia.pdf20,678v