Rhodesia and Zimbabwe in the British Press

Hugh Pattenden is a Bye-Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, a Visiting Academic at the Centre for Imperial and Postcolonial Studies, University of Southampton, an IHR Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

• Introduction1. Analysing newspapers during Decolonization 2. The Foundation of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1951-8 3. The Collapse of the Federation, 1958-62 4. Attempts to Avoid a Rebellion in Rhodesia, 1962-5 5. The UDI Crisis and Early Labour Diplomacy, 1965-706. The Failure of Conservative Diplomacy, 1970-4 7. War and Humanitarian Disaster, 1974-80 8. Final Diplomatic Attempts to End the Crisis, 1974-80 Conclusion

In Rhodesia and Zimbabwe in the British press, Hugh Pattenden provides a sweeping exploration of how the British press covered political instability and political change in Zimbabwe during the 1960s and 1970s. It skilfully teases out the ways in which the press dealt with the complex constitutional and moral issues brought about by this intractable episode of British decolonization.