Episode 57 – Paul Moorcraft’s “The Rhodesian War Fifty Years On”. Additional readings and recommended resources.

Link to “The Rhodesian Bush War.”  This 43-minute documentary gives an overview of the causes and course of the war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4NdqeV0o4U 

Link to the RAND Corporation’s “Lessons for Contemporary Counterinsurgencies: The Rhodesian Experience“.  This paper was written before the United States began large scale counter insurgency campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.  It concludes, “The greatest challenge facing the U.S. Army in evolving a credible and coherent low intensity conflict doctrine today is overcoming the institutional barriers that inhibit change and adaptation.”    https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/reports/2005/R3998.pdf