Born in 1950 on the 8th of august, the author that was to be ian douglas, william h. Ian douglas smith, rhodesian prime minister, born 8 april 1919, died 20 november 2007. See all books authored by ian douglas, including earth strike, and singularity, and more on. Former rhodesian prime minister, which unilaterally declared his country independent of britain on 11. The memoirs of ian douglas smith, the prime minister of rhodesia. 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 smith neighbours hand signed cast card photo and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Books default sorting sort by popularity sort by average rating sort by latest sort by price. Ian smith, md is a cardiology specialist in columbia, sc and has been practicing for 37 years. Ian douglas smith author of the great betrayal goodreads. 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. Smith studied at rhodes university in grahamstown, south africa. Betrayal, the memoirs of ian douglas smith, the former prime minister of the.
From 1939 to 1946 he served in the british royal air force. This book is the autobiography of ian smith, the last prime minister of rhodesia. 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. It is a large volume of over 400 pages, and unlike many books focussing mainly on politics, is absorbing to read.
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. Bitter harvest and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. After the war,e joined the united federal party and initiated moves with various. 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. Books gone through four printings is that he criticizes islamist ideologues by. Find authors like ian douglas from the worlds largest community of readers. Ian douglas smith is my favourite african statesman.
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. 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. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Taking in inspiration from the world around him, he would harness this passion. Home to all things ian c douglas, writer, author and creator of the zeke hailey book series. Southern rhodesia became a selfgoverning british colony in 1923. Smiths highly anticipated newest book, the clean 20, became an instant new york times best seller, helping hundreds of thousands of people reduce bad sugars from their diet, lose. Ian douglas smith s books ian douglas smith average rating.
Ian douglas has 62 books on goodreads with 58214 ratings. Ian douglas smith is currently considered a single author. 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. 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. Ian smith, former president of rhodesia, spares few of his opponents as heives a forthright account of one of africas most controversial politicalareerssmith. 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. Raised in the united states of america he would harbor a love and passion for the written word from an early age.
Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. The memoirs of ian douglas smith 1st by smith, ian douglas isbn. 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 douglas began his star carrier series in 2010 with the novel earth strike. Ian douglas books list of books by author ian douglas. Ian smith, former president of rhodesia, spares few of his opponents as heives a forthright account of one of africas most controversial politicalareerssmith details his boyhood in southern rhodesia, his enlistment intohe royal air force and his active service during world war ii. Can171 new prime minister ian smith interviewed on field resignation duration. After a courageous battle, our beloved smithy gave up the fight on saturday 18 april 2020. 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. He remained prime minister for almost all of the 14 years of international isolation that followed, and oversaw rhodesias security forces during most of.
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. Catalogue for the ian smith exhibition, museum of contemporary art brisbane april 17 may 27 1988. 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. Ian douglas smith gclm id was a politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as prime minister of rhodesia from 1964 to 1979. He specializes in cardiology and interventional cardiology. Smith, ian douglas synonyms, smith, ian douglas antonyms. A farmer, he was elected to the southern rhodesian legislative assembly in 1948. After discussing his early life, smith tells how he sought to keep rhodesia on a path to full democracy during the wests decolonisation of africa. Ian smith, former president of rhodesia, spares few of his opponents as he gives a forthright account of one of africas most controversial political careers. Smiths book is a superb story of modern african, humanitys deadly obsession with race, leftandright political hubris, the demise of both empire and britains. 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. Ian smith, signed abebooks abebooks shop for books. Blisteringly exciting military science fiction in the vein of the hit tv series battlestar galactica, singularity pits determined.
Ian c douglas is a ya and childrens author, and journalist. Autobiographical and historical, smith charts his life and the history of rhodesia. 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. In 1953 he became a member of the parliament of the federation. Trevor gray has been stripped of his command of the starship america, and is unsure. 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. Ian douglas smith article about ian douglas smith by the. A list of all ian douglass series in reading order.