MacCaulay
Banned
I guess I still don't see this being good for Rhodesia in anyway. One reason for this and I admittedly may be a little off base here, is that I see 1970s Rhodesia as essentially being two systems. The first being the white settler nation state, the second being the black nations. The two intersect at many points and the former controls the latter, but the the former is so small compared to the latter that its impact or penetration of the latter is necessarily shallow outside of the urban areas.
For some reason, this reminded me of a point that was raised in the military history I just read about why guerilla wars are so often won by the insurgent forces and lost by the conservative ones.
"The ZANU/ZAPU forces knew what they were fighting for; on the other hand, the Rhodesians only knew what they were fighting against."
It's a very interesting point about counterinsurgency.
Also, your writeup on the Rhodesian societal setup is interesting. If I was more interested in it, I'd probably try and co-write this with you.