title: The Great Betrayal: The Memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith
author:  Ian Douglas Smith 
description: Smith, the white prime minister of Rhodesia who engineered the country's unilateral independence from Britain in 1965 and led resistance to the black majority until Zimbabwe was born of post-civil war negotiations in 1979, has written an unrepentant, heavily detailed account of his leadership. He proceeds from the posture that the black majority, significantly rooted in traditional culture, should be "gradually" brought up to "standards of Western civilization." He condemns outside countries that "arrogant[ly]" applied sanctions against Rhodesia and associates black opposition more with communism than nationalism. He claims that "our black people" had the best education, health, housing, services, etc. in Africa, not acknowledging the gap between white and black Rhodesia. He refers to black "terrorists" while downplaying the cruelties of Rhodesia's armed forces. Yet Smith makes some points. He offers inside details of negotiation, including pressure from South Africa. His title refers to the hypocrisy of the British Commonwealth, which imposed sanctions on Rhodesia while many of its other members were one-party states. And he reminds us that Zimbabwe's black-run Mugabe government has steadily flouted democracy. Photos not seen by PW. </P><P>Copyright 1997 Cahners Business Information, Inc.</P>
zlib_text: **New York Times** _ **bestselling author Brenda Joyce takes you back to the
  Highlands, where the battle for land, liberty and love rages on…**_
  
  A bastard daughter, Alana was cast away at birth and forgotten by her mighty
  Comyn family. Raised in solitude by her grandmother, she has remained at a
  safe distance from the war raging through Scotland. But when a battle comes
  close to home and she finds herself compelled to save an enemy warrior from
  death, her own life is thrown into danger.
  
  Iain of Islay’s allegiance is to the formidable Robert Bruce. His beautiful
  rescuer captures both his attention and his desire, but Alana must keep her
  identity a secret even as she is swept up into a wild and forbidden affair.
  But as Bruce’s army begins the final destruction of the earldom, Alana must
  decide between the family whose acceptance she’s always sought, or the man she
  so wrongly loves.
  
   _ **Praise for**_ **New York Times** _ **bestselling author**_  
   _ **Brenda Joyce**_
  
  “Scotland’s comp