TY - BOOK AU - SMITH Ian Douglas TI - The great betrayal: the memoirs of Africa's most controversial leader SN - 1857822021 (pbk.): PY - 1998/// CY - London PB - Blake Publishing KW - HISTORY KW - POLITICS KW - RHODESIA KW - TWENTIETH CENTURY KW - ZIMBABWE N2 - Ian Smith tells the story of the post war political history of Rhodesia. The circumstances which led him to declare unilateral independence for Rhodesia in 1965, the struggle to retain independence, the eventual move via a transition government lead by Bishop Abel Muzorewa to full independence and democracy. Subsequently Robert Mugabe introduced a Marxist regime and has become essentially a dictator ER -