Black Soldiers in the Rhodesian Army

Drawing from original interviews with black Rhodesian veterans and extensive archival research, M. T. Howard tackles the question of why so many black soldiers fought steadfastly and effectively for the Rhodesian Army during the war of liberation (1965-1980). It enriches scholarly understandings of the motivations and loyalties of colonial troops.

M. T. Howard is a historian and journalist from East Sussex and holds a master's and a doctorate from the University of Oxford, where he won the Terence Ranger Prize. He also received the Society for Military History's 2021 Coffman Prize honourable mention. His work has been published in journals including the Journal of Military History, the Journal of Southern African Studies, and the Journal of Cold War Studies.