SOLDIER BLUE - WILLIAMS, PAUL 0.60KG IN SOUTH AFRICA

Softcover. English. David Philip. 2008. ISBN: 9780864867148. 407pp. Good condition in softcover. Soldier Blue is a superbly written account of growing up in Rhodesia, centering on the author’s experiences as a young conscript during the ‘bush war’. Against the backdrop of the rise and fall of Ian Smith’s Rhodesian rebel state (1965-1980), Soldier Blue tells the story of an English boy who grew up in Africa, a soldier who fought, and a dissenter who struggled to define himself against such a backdrop. Sometimes you can’t choose your own battles.