Major Mike

by Mike Williams, Robin Moore

Book by Robin Moore

Genres: Africa

373 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

Reviews

[Liam]

I was actually going to read this for two reasons: firstly, I am not particularly knowledgeable about the various wars in sub-Saharan Africa over the last several decades; secondly because it has Robin Moore's name listed on the cover as co-writer/editor or something along those lines. It has become fashionable during these last few years to downplay the racial aspect of the Rhodesian conflict, which though it may be a corrective action due to the fact that that part of the picture was perhaps over-stressed for some years, does not necessarily serve history all that well. This book was originally published in 1978, however, and the edition I started to read in 1981, well before that approach was common. In any case, I have absolutely no interest in the observations of a racist jackass who habitually refers to African children as "picannins". Robin Moore ought to be ashamed that he had anything to do with this book.