Under The skin, The Death of White Rhodesia - David Caute

Paperback. Penguin books 1983. 448 pages.

Unfortunately the title page and dedication page are loose but otherwise  apart from some yellowing of pages the book is good. Please feel free to ask questions. Local postage will be R25 inc insurance.

"Under the Skin is an epic account of the last years of white Rhodesia's bitter war of counter-insurgency.

Combining his skils as a historian and journalist, David Caute provided both a uniquely informative narrative of events from 1976 to 1980 and a graphic description of a racial elite fighting to maintain its privileged position, whether as soldiers in the bush or as their wives and mothers living in the white suburbs.

He describes the lives of farmers under siege, the ordeal of missionaries working in the tribal trust lands, the lonely stand of a few white liberals against detention without trial, secret executuins and martial law, and his own encounter with nationalist guerillas operating inside Zimbabwe.Setting his portraits of the political and military leaders - Smith, Walls, Nkomo, Mugabe, Muzorewa and Sithole - against the background of international attempts to secure a peaceful settlement. Caute offers a panoramic view of ordinary Rhodesians as the waters close over their heads."

Rhodesi / Bush war