Smith, Ian Douglas
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Smith, Ian Douglas (1919–2007). Rhodesian politician, advocate of white rule. In 1961 Smith founded the Rhodesian Front, a party which rejected the proposal of the government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland to offer more representation for blacks in Parliament. When the federation was dissolved (1963), Smith became prime minister of Southern Rhodesia in 1964. He rejected Britain's plan for black majority rule in the colony and in 1965 unilaterally declared Rhodesia's independence. He then fought a powerful rearguard action against British attempts to reverse the declaration. In response to the imposition of economic sanctions by the UN he severed Rhodesia's links with the Commonwealth and in 1970 declared the country to be a republic. The civil war subsequently waged by black nationalists against his government forced Smith to take part in negotiations in London, as a result of which black majority rule was introduced in 1979.
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The Great Betrayal: The Memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: Foreign Policy; 12/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...The Great Betrayal, the memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith, the former prime minister of the African nation once called Rhodesia. Smith achieved international notoriety...whole affair captures the essence of Ian Smith bitter, stubborn, and unrepentant...
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Lauded. (High-Tech).(Ian Douglas Smith of Titan Corp.)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 6/9/2003; ; 552 words
; Ian Douglas Smith, a Titan Corp. employee based in San Leandro, has a one-third share...prize, which will be presented in St. Petersburg, Russia this month. Smith's specialty is pulse power -- the delivery of trillions of watts in...
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The Great Betrayal: Memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 11/1/1997; ; 666 words
; ...lost world of the Kalahari Bushmen; Ian Smith was held in the lost world of Rhodesia...driver. Born and bred in Rhodesia, Ian Smith was no cowboy politician. Twice...petty, such as blatantly excluding Ian Smith from a Buckingham Palace lunch...
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Ian Smith, 88; Defiant Leader Of White-Separatist Rhodesia
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/21/2007; ; 700+ words
; Ian Smith, 88, the steely prime minister...youngest of three children, Ian Douglas Smith was born April 8, 1919...black rights and one of Mr. Smith's leading antagonists...Rhodesian tobacco baron, Douglas C. "Boss" Lilford, to...
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IAN SMITH STILL SPEAKS HIS MIND
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/19/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...country was still called Rhodesia, Ian Douglas Smith vowed that "never in a thousand...ll still speak my mind," said Smith. "And I honestly believe the average...Parliament: "I would rather have Ian Smith's head than his seat...
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Ian Smith, former Rhodesian leader who resisted majority rule OBITUARY
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 11/21/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Media Group International Herald Tribune 11-21-2007 Ian Smith, former Rhodesian leader who resisted majority rule...New York Times Media Group Edition: 5 Section: NEWS Ian Douglas Smith, the former prime minister of Britain's rebellious...
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 "The Mercury (South Africa)")
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A loyalist who felt betrayed; Ian Smith believed Britain had a moral obligation to grant independent status to Rhodesia, writes Gerald L'Ange.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mercury (South Africa); 11/22/2007; 700+ words
; Former Rhodesian prime minister Ian Douglas Smith, who died on Tuesday, will be...controversial acquisition of power in 1980, Smith bitterly accused both Britain and...still embittered and disillusioned. Smith had been fervently loyal to Britain...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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THE WHITE RHINO; Minority rule: Ian Smith led Rhodesia in its break from Britain.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 11/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...would serve well as an epitaph for Ian Smith, the colonialistwho defied black...dictator whobrooked no opposition. Smith and Mugabe certainly came to sharethough...been almost entirelydissipated. Ian Douglas Smith was born at Selukwe in Southern...
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 "Cape Times (South Africa)")
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ian smith 1919-2007.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa); 11/22/2007; 700+ words
; ...Former Rhodesian prime minister Ian Douglas Smith, who died on Tuesday, will be...controversial acquisition of power in 1980, Smith bitterly accused both Britain and...s perfidy that most distressed Smith, for he had been fervently loyal...
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 "South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Rugby Union: Bordering on success for Douglas.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 3/28/2003; 578 words
; ...mainstay prop alongside Tom Smith and Gordon Bulloch in...But just a year ago, Douglas found himself stranded...for me.'' However, Douglas will take nothing for...appearances for coach Ian McGeechan. Douglas said: ``I wouldn...
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Ian Douglas Smith
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ian Douglas Smith Ian Douglas Smith (born 1919) was the last white prime minister of ore it became the independent nation of Zimbabwe. In an effort to resist African majority rule, he led his extremist white government in a unilateral break...
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Smith, Ian Douglas
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Smith, Ian Douglas (1919– ) Rhodesian...prime minister (1964–78). Smith entered Parliament in 1948. He founded...sought independence from Britain. In 1965, Smith's white minority regime issued a Unilateral...
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Smith, Ian (Douglas)
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Smith, Ian (Douglas) (1919– ) Rhodesian statesman, Prime Minister...Britain stipulated that it would only grant the country independence if Smith undertook to prepare for Black majority rule. He eventually conceded...
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Wilson, (James) Harold, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...against a tired and worn-out Conservative Party under Douglas-Home , though in the end only by a surprisingly narrow...though Wilson's government failed to find a solution to Ian Smith's Rhodesian Unilateral Declaration of Independence...
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Obituaries
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...York, New York, on October 22, 2007 (Vol. 18). DOUGLAS, MARY (born 1921), British anthropologist and social...lung cancer in New York on July 2, 2007 (Vol. 14). SMITH, IAN (born 1919), African prime minister, died of a stroke...
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