"Under the Skin is an epic account of the bitter rearguard action staged by white Rhodesia in its desperate bid to prevent the emergence of black majority rule. The book provides both a narrative of events from 1976 to 1980 and a portrait of a racial elite fighting to protect its privileged position. David Caute describes 'a collective state of mind and more particularly the extraordinary mental manoeuvres by which pillage is termed responsible government, repression becomes law and order, usurpation is called authority, violence is lauded as restraint.'"--Book Jacket.