Contact - John Lovett

Contact John Lovett

In December, 1972, a lonely farmstead in Rhodesias North Eastern Border area was attacked by a band of communist-trained infiltrators armed with machine-guns, grenades and automatic rifles. An eight-year-old white child was killed.

This, the first of many incursions across the countrys frontiers, triggered Operation Hurricane, now part of a wider counter-insurgency campaign which Rhodesian security forces are conducting and conducting in fine style. Contact is a pictorial profile of the war and of Rhodesias armed services.

John Lovett writes fluently and informatively of the countrys military tradition, of the political origins of the present conflict, and of the history and nature of the operations against terrorism. Thereafter, he devotes several substantial and dramatically illustrated chapters to the security forces themselves. Special features of the book are the reproduction, in full, of the many citations which have accompanied awards for gallantry since 1966, a description, in colour, of Rhodesian honours and awards, and comprehensive rolls of medal recipients.

In his foreword to Contact, the President of Rhodesia says: [All this] combines to represent a lasting testament to the courage and resolution of our citizens of all races. . . . I join Mr Lovett in paying tribute to our policemen, soldiers and airmen, to the members of our Internal Affairs and Guard Force, to our farmers in the operational areas and to the great many other civilians who contribute so splendidly to the national war effort.

Large hardcover in good condition ( as per pics)