In 1953 he became a member of the parliament of the federation. Ian douglas has 62 books on goodreads with 58214 ratings. Ian smith, former president of rhodesia, spares few of his opponents as heives a forthright account of one of africas most controversial politicalareerssmith. Blisteringly exciting military science fiction in the vein of the hit tv series battlestar galactica, singularity pits determined. In an effort to resist african majority rule, he led his extremist white government in a unilateral break with great britain and clared rhodesia a republic, the first such antibritish revolt since the american colonies declared their independence in 1776. From 1939 to 1946 he served in the british royal air force.
A bit of a rebel full programme and interview duration. This book is the autobiography of ian smith, the last prime minister of rhodesia. He remained prime minister for almost all of the 14 years of international isolation that followed, and oversaw rhodesias security forces during most of. After a courageous battle, our beloved smithy gave up the fight on saturday 18 april 2020. Books gone through four printings is that he criticizes islamist ideologues by. Ian douglas smith, rhodesian prime minister, born 8 april 1919, died 20 november 2007. The memoirs of ian douglas smith, the prime minister of rhodesia. A list of all ian douglass series in reading order. Ian smith was a middle of the road conservative and really did not support racist policies in government, although he was a race realist regarding the abilities of native africans.
Smiths book is a superb story of modern african, humanitys deadly obsession with race, leftandright political hubris, the demise of both empire and britains. Ian douglas smith april 8, 1919 november 20, 2007 was a farmer and politician who served as prime minister of rhodesia now zimbabwe from 1964 to 1979. Below is a list of ian douglas star carrier books in order of when they were first released which is the same as their chronological order. He specializes in cardiology and interventional cardiology. Smith took the decision to issue a unilateral declaration of independence from the united kingdom in 1965 and led the rebel unrecognized government for the next fourteen years. Born in 1950 on the 8th of august, the author that was to be ian douglas, william h. Former rhodesian prime minister, which unilaterally declared his country independent of britain on 11. Much loved cousin of graeme and barbara soufflot, the late margaret steele and the late rae gibbs, stephen, jill and warren soufflot, robyn, wendy and linda steele, phillip, peter and the late david gibbs. The memoirs of ian douglas smith 1st by smith, ian douglas isbn. Southern rhodesia became a selfgoverning british colony in 1923. Smith, ian douglas synonyms, smith, ian douglas antonyms. Smith studied at rhodes university in grahamstown, south africa. Catalogue for the ian smith exhibition, museum of contemporary art brisbane april 17 may 27 1988. Trevor gray has been stripped of his command of the starship america, and is unsure.
Ian douglas books list of books by author ian douglas. Ian douglas smith is currently considered a single author. Taking in inspiration from the world around him, he would harness this passion. Ian douglas smith s books ian douglas smith average rating. Smith took the decision to issue a unilateral declaration of independence from the united kingdom in 1965 and led the rebel unrecognised government for the next fourteen years. Ian douglas smith, the former prime minister of britains rebellious colony of rhodesia, who rose to power and slipped from it, committed to an unshakable belief that africa without whites would.
In the book, ian smith sought to explain the reasons why his government made its unilateral declaration of independence, and how rhodesia coped in the face. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. It is a large volume of over 400 pages, and unlike many books focussing mainly on politics, is absorbing to read. Ian douglas smith gclm id was a politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as prime minister of rhodesia from 1964 to 1979. Ian douglas smith article about ian douglas smith by the. Ian douglas smith, the former prime minister of the rebellious british colony of rhodesia, who rose to power and then slipped from it again, committed all the while to an unshakable belief that. See all books authored by ian douglas, including earth strike, and singularity, and more on. Raf th squadron, 194145 no african rule in my lifetime, he once declared. Ian c douglas is a ya and childrens author, and journalist. Find authors like ian douglas from the worlds largest community of readers. All of this leads to a more measured form of storytelling, something which the name of ian douglas has been continuing for some time now, with scores of new readers worldwide discovering his work everyday. Ian douglas smith is my favourite african statesman.
Books default sorting sort by popularity sort by average rating sort by latest sort by price. Bitter harvest and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. New york times bestselling military science fiction author ian douglas brings us the eighthand penultimatestar carrier novel, bright light, combining the best action, adventure, and hard science into this universespanning series. Ian smith, md is a cardiology specialist in columbia, sc and has been practicing for 37 years. Humankinds vast intergalactic power struggle and future war to bring down an insidious evil alien empire reaches an explosive, pageturning climax in ian douglass singularity, the third book in his new york times bestselling star carrier series. The memoirs of ian douglas smith is a 1997 autobiography written by ian smith, focusing on his time as prime minister of the british selfgoverning colony of southern rhodesia, later rhodesia april, 1964 june 1, 1979. After the war,e joined the united federal party and initiated moves with various. This is the memoir of rhodesias last white prime minister ian douglas smith, an individual that unquestionably loved his country and gave it the best years of his life. Autobiographical and historical, smith charts his life and the history of rhodesia. Smith was not prepared to do so, and fortunately, a publisher made of sterner stuff has now been found, prepared to publish the book without feeling a need to censor it.
Home to all things ian c douglas, writer, author and creator of the zeke hailey book series. Ian douglas smith born 1919 was the last white prime minister of ore it became the independent nation of zimbabwe. Ian douglas smith author of the great betrayal goodreads. Ian douglas began his star carrier series in 2010 with the novel earth strike. A farmer, he was elected to the southern rhodesian legislative assembly in 1948. The memoirs of ian douglas smith 1st by ian douglas smith isbn. Can171 new prime minister ian smith interviewed on field resignation duration. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. He believed in a policy of gradually giving blacks majority rule once they had been sufficiently prepared for a government system created by whites. From publishers weekly smith, the white prime minister of rhodesia who engineered the countrys unilateral independence from britain in 1965 and led resistance to the black majority until zimbabwe was born of postcivil war negotiations in 1979, has written an unrepentant, heavily detailed account of his leadership. Betrayal, the memoirs of ian douglas smith, the former prime minister of the. Raised in the united states of america he would harbor a love and passion for the written word from an early age.