Special Branch war : slaughter in the Rhodesian bush : Southern Matabeleland, 1976-1980 /

Bird, Ed, 1946-

Special Branch war : slaughter in the Rhodesian bush : Southern Matabeleland, 1976-1980 / Slaughter in the Rhodesian bush Ed Bird. - West Midlands, England : Helion and Company, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (290 pages, 28 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits, facsimiles.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on Sept. 10, 2014).

Includes bibliographies and index.

Selous Scouts attachment, 1974 -- 1976 -- Beitbridge: first blood to ZANLA, May 1967 -- Insidious intensification, late 1976 -- Overt intensification, January 1977 -- June 1977 -- Landmines, ambushes and poison, July -- December 1977 -- Protected villages and the litany of terror continues, January -- June 1978 -- Dirty tricks -- A busy two months, July -- August 1978 -- Deployment of 1 (Indep) Company Rhodesian African Rifles, September -- December 1978 -- Routine slaughter, January -- June 1979 -- Sweet Banana and a Q bus, July -- November 1979 -- Transfer to Gwanda, November 1979 -- A case of political expedience.



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Bird, Ed, 1946-


British South Africa Police--Biography.
Southern Rhodesia. Army. Selous Scouts.


Police--Zimbabwe--Biography.
Political violence--Zimbabwe--Matabeleland.
Counterinsurgency--Zimbabwe.


Electronic Books.

DT2984 / .S643 2014