The failure of British policy toward Rhodesia was equally apparent in London, where the House of Commons held its stormiest session since the Suez crisis of ten years ago.

Britain’s Harold Wilson once called breakaway Rhodesia “my Viet Nam”—and with good reason. Since Rhodesia declared its independence in 1965, Wilson’s war of economic sanctions has cost ...

The Bush War in Rhodesia. Lasting from the mid-1960's to 1980, ... Rhodesia's military fought tooth and nail, especially as the war heated up around 1976.

By the end of the decade, these events had contributed to the end of Rhodesia and ushered in an era of majority rule, despite Smith’s assertion that it would not happen “in a thousand years”. The ...