"The Rebel in Me: A ZANLA Guerrilla Commander in the ..." Topic

…Rhodesian Bush War, 1974 – 1980.

"This is the true story of a young guerrilla commander brought up in a Christian family in Rhodesia, a former colony of Britain. Exposed to the excesses of a colonial regime where race and racism determined one's status in society, and influenced by the radical anti-racial views of his parents and later of fellow students and workmates, his character began to change. A chance encounter with a captured guerrilla fighter helped complete the metamorphic transformation of his rebel character, and was catalytic to his decision to cross into Mozambique to join the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA), the military wing of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) led by Robert Mugabe, which was waging a protracted revolutionary armed struggle to liberate Zimbabwe. Known by his nom de guerre, Dragon Patiripakashata, he led several armed guerrilla incursions into Rhodesia, before being promoted to the General Staff and appointed an instructor. For the final eighteen months of the war, until 1980, he served as ZANU's Chief Representative to Socialist Ethiopia. Mutambara invites the reader to view the Rhodesian bush war through the eyes of a guerrilla commander, experience the trials and tribulations of a freedom fighter, the satisfaction of working among the masses, and the joyous celebration of achieving freedom and independence. He outlines the psyche of those who engage in revolutionary armed struggle and why, even when exposed to extreme hardship and continual assault by a superior military adversary, they remain committed to their cause. This book also takes a different view of Mugabe, reviled by most Western governments and yet who remains immensely popular among his people"

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Anyone who have read this book?
If the answer is yes, comments please?

thanks in advance for your guidance.

Amicalement
Armand

Read this book,Starts out great ,the why's and the training..then turns into a book of Mugabe praising. This gentleman is a Mugabe lackey. Had he stayed focused on facts and not turned this into a Mugabe lovefest.it would have been a better book.First half of book 3 stars…then stop reading. Worth it for the die hard Bushwar historian,just for the opposite view.but disapointing. Juergen at ModernAfricanBushwars Yahoo group.

Thanks for the commments…

Amicalement
Armand

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