A small white minority seized control of Rhodesia. Tacit support and weak condemnations extended the harmful regime.

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 ...

Although Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence marks a turning point in the history of southern Africa, it is too soon to tell which way southern Africa has turned. Did UDI consolidate ...

The position on Rhodesia is in sharpest contrast to the impressively knowledgeable campaign of protest and persuasion being waged over the war in Vietnam.

Rhodesia’s last white leader was ruthless, draconian Subscribers are entitled to 10 gift sharing articles each month. These can be shared with friends and family who are not subscribers.

Object Details Author Southern Rhodesia Information Service Notes This booklet is a collection of pen pictures revealing the speed of evolution in Southern Rhodesia which has no parallel in European ...

Ian Smith, the former prime minister of Britain's rebellious colony of Rhodesia, who once promised that white rule in Africa would endure for 1,000 years, died Tuesday in South Africa. He was 88.

Donal Lamont, 92, a Roman Catholic bishop expelled from white-ruled Rhodesia in 1977 for opposing its racial policies, died Aug. 14 in Dublin, Ireland, of causes associated with aging.

WASHINGTON – Ian Smith, the steely prime minister of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) who unilaterally declared the former British colony's independence in 1965 and spent 14 years defying international ...