I first read this book when serving with airborne forces in the late 1980,s. This is the follow on from the authors first book They stood in the door, both books capture the gritty and sometimes black humour of the British soldier, and give the reader an insight into life within the airborne forces in the 60,s and 70,s, both on operations and within the garrison town of Aldershot. Iwould thoroughly recommend both books to anyone with an interest in airborne forces.

They stayed a soldier

Literature & Fiction

Don MacNaughton

Genre Fiction

Galago Pub

This is the first complete history of Rhodesia, the country founded by Empire Builder, Cecil John Rhodes. It tells how Rhodes' men engaged Lobengula, the Matabele king, in lengthy negotiations while at the same time seeking a Royal Charter and the right for white pioneers to occupy Mashonaland. It relates Rhodesia's history right up to Lancaster House in 1979 and the 'free and fair' elections that foisted the Marxist Robert Mugabe and his regime on the country. Throughout this historical tapestry the author has skillfully threaded in the many often larger-than-life personalities who shaped Rhodesia's destiny from Cecil John Rhodes, Leander Starr Jameson, Frank Johnson, King Lobengula, Archibald Colquhoan and many others, to the later ones like Godfrey Huggins, Sir Edgar Whitehead, Garfield Todd, Joshua Nkomo, Robert Mugabe Ian Smith and a host of others.

Rhodesia: Last Outpost of the British Empire, 1890-1980. Peter Baxter

Peter Baxter

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They stayed a soldier

Rhodesia: Last Outpost of the British Empire, 1890-1980. Peter Baxter