Evan
@evansmithhist.bsky.social
Academic/Writer - History/Politics/Criminology - British, Australian and southern African (plus transnational) history - he/him - top 2% researchers 2024 (Stanford/Elsevier rankings) - views own - cult classic, not best seller
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Rhodesia also sought to recruit people from the rest of the world, particularly the white settler colonies, to fight in the Bush War against the Zimbabwean national liberation forces. This ad was regularly featured in the US based 'Soldiers of Fortune' magazine.
November 11, 2023 at 4:35 AM
Rhodesia also sought to recruit people from the rest of the world, particularly the white settler colonies, to fight in the Bush War against the Zimbabwean national liberation forces. This ad was regularly featured in the US based 'Soldiers of Fortune' magazine.
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The Rhodesian government recognised the importance of support for the regime amongst the right in Britain, North America and Australasia and sought to make connections. In the 1970s, the journal of the Rhodesian Information Centre had a monthly column dedicated to Australia and New Zealand.
November 11, 2023 at 4:19 AM
The Rhodesian government recognised the importance of support for the regime amongst the right in Britain, North America and Australasia and sought to make connections. In the 1970s, the journal of the Rhodesian Information Centre had a monthly column dedicated to Australia and New Zealand.
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The far right in the white settler colonies were particularly effusive about Rhodesia, as well as South Africa, as they saw white minority rule in southern Africa as a warning for their own settler colonial status. Many of these countries saw supporter groups for Rhodesia emerge.
November 11, 2023 at 4:12 AM
The far right in the white settler colonies were particularly effusive about Rhodesia, as well as South Africa, as they saw white minority rule in southern Africa as a warning for their own settler colonial status. Many of these countries saw supporter groups for Rhodesia emerge.
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Wrote this for @theconversation.com on watching The Young Ones as a historian of Thatcher’s Britain when Rik Mayall passed away
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To understand Thatcherite Britain, all you need is The Young Ones
In the cult 1980s sitcom The Young Ones, lefty sociology student Rick, threatens to commit suicide and berates his fellow housemates: I feel sorry for you, you zeroes, you nobodies. What’s going to li...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Wrote this for @theconversation.com on watching The Young Ones as a historian of Thatcher’s Britain when Rik Mayall passed away
theconversation.com/to-understan...
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The next edition of the paper (13 November, 1989) was just as muted.
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The next edition of the paper (13 November, 1989) was just as muted.
I have had it where they haven’t cited me but used all the same (quite specific) primary sources that I have.
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I have had it where they haven’t cited me but used all the same (quite specific) primary sources that I have.