{"product_id":"9781920143039","title":"Masodja: The History of the Rhodesian African Rifles and its Forerunner, The Rhodesia Native Regiment","description":"Includes the award-winning BBC documentary DVD, Frontline Rhodesia\u003cp\u003eOriginally formed as The Rhodesia Native Regiment during World War I, this fine regiment first saw action in East Africa, pitted against the wily von Lettow-Vorbeck and his army of German askaris. Disbanded and later re-formed, the regiment was to distinguish itself during World War II in the North African and Burma campaigns. Using the counter-insurgency experience gleaned from the Malayan Campaign of the 1950s, the RAR provided the frontline troops in the battle for Rhodesia during that country’s bitter civil war of the 1960s and 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents include:\u003cbr\u003eThe formation of the Rhodesia Native Regiment\u003cbr\u003eRNR operations in East Africa during WWI\u003cbr\u003eArmistice and the disbandment of the RNR\u003cbr\u003eThe formation of the RAR\u003cbr\u003eThe RAR in the Burma campaign\u003cbr\u003eThe RAR in the Malayan Emergency\u003cbr\u003eThe Nyasaland Emergency\u003cbr\u003eThe RAR in the Rhodesian bush war\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexandre Binda was born in Beira, Mozambique in 1945. He joined the Rhodesian Army in 1965. Although he had attested into the Pay Corps, he was to get more operational and combat experience than any of his colleagues. Between 1968 and 1972 he took part in a dozen or so deployments with RLI and SAS combat-tracker teams in support of the Portuguese Army in the Tete Province of Mozambique, countering Frelimo and ZANLA guerrilla incursions from the north. He was awarded a Military Forces Commendation. During his 15 years in the Rhodesian Army, he did a four-year tour of duty with the Selous Scouts and was commissioned in 1979. Alex is a keen student of African military history and has written several articles for Lion \u0026amp; Tusk, the magazine of the Rhodesian Army Association. He is also co-author of The Saints—The Rhodesian Light Infantry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"30 Degrees South Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064324571376,"sku":"9781920143039","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781920143039_p0.jpg?v=1763631765","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781920143039","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}