Родезия: Достойна имени

In the vast interior of Africa, a new society took root—organized, deliberate, and determined to endure. Rhodesia: Worthy of the Name recounts the creation of this nation, from its earliest colonial encounters and settler foundations to its final, isolated years. It is a story of railways and rifles, treaties and revolts, political experiments and military campaigns—woven together in a land that had known little of governance before.Drawing from the lives of explorers, administrators, and commanders, the book examines how a state was built with discipline and intent, and how that state ultimately met its end. It is neither an apology nor an indictment, but a portrait of a people who believed themselves tasked with shaping order from uncertainty. Through war and federation, through sanctions and skirmishes, Rhodesia stood as both a product of its time and a challenge to it.What followed its fall is told not with bitterness, but with clarity. The promises of the future gave way to something far harsher than its critics had imagined, and the contrast remains unresolved. This book offers a narrative, rich in character and consequence, for those who wish to understand one of the twentieth century’s most unusual and provocative nations.