In 1972, a lonely farmstead in Rhodesia’s Northeastern Border area was attacked by a band of communist-trained infiltrators armed with machine-guns, grenades rifles. An eight-year-old white child was killed. This, the first of many incursions across the frontiers, triggered Operation Hurricane, now part of a wider counter-insurgency campaign which Rhodesian security forces are conducting — and conducting fine style. Contact is a pictorial profile of the war and Rhodesia’s armed services. John Lovett writes fluently and informatively of the country’s military tradition, of the political origins of the present conflict, and of the history and nature of the operations against terrorism. Thereafter, he devotes several substantial and dramatically illustrated chapters to the security forces themselves. Special features of the book are the reproduction, in full, of the many citations which have accompanied awards for gallantry since 1966, a description, in colour, of Rhodesian honours and awards, and comprehensive rolls of medal recipients
