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Ian Smith who believed in a Great Britain that no longer existed, saw this and subsequent events as a great betrayal. The tragedy that befell Rhodesia was partially the result of Ian Smith's initial uncritical trust in the promises and fairness of the British Government and its administrators. Ian Smith may idolize Winston Churchill but he's most definitely not Winston Churchill. Smith lived a very interesting life and I learned a great deal about him from this memoir. One of the more interesting facts being that he was a fighter pilot in WW2 and was shot down over Italy, connected with the resistance, and lived among them for a.
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“All the soul of man is resolution, which in valiant men falters never, until their last breath.”
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“I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing.”
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tags: altright, colonialism, nationalism, rhodesia, south-africa, zimbabwe
“I have said we are prepared to bring black people into our government ... But I don't believe in majority rule, black majority rule, not in a thousand years. If it is white one day and black the other, then we have failed.”
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The Great Betrayal
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