Archival Significance
Written by Miles Hudson and published in 1981, the year after independence, this assessment of Rhodesia’s transition to Zimbabwe was written close enough to the events themselves that its title’s own open question, triumph or tragedy, reflects genuine contemporary uncertainty rather than settled retrospective judgement.
Institutional Context
Published by Hamish Hamilton, London.
Content Summary
Assesses Rhodesia’s transition to independent Zimbabwe.
Research Utility
Useful for researchers of contemporary British assessments of Zimbabwean independence written in its immediate aftermath, before the benefit of longer historical hindsight.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house.