Introduction: The Unraveling of a Settler State Few conflicts encapsulate the violent contradictions of late colonialism and the Cold War in Africa like the Rhodesian Bush War. Lasting from July 1964 to December 1979, this grueling, fifteen-year conflict was more than a war of liberation; it was a brutal civil war, a counter-insurgency campaign, and … Continue reading The Rhodesian Bush War: The Brutal Struggle for Zimbabwe