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Bush War Operator: Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and beyond
Andrew Balaam
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Description for Bush War Operator: Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and beyond
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, c 40 colour and b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BM; HBJH; HBWS; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 594.
From the searing heat of the Zambezi Valley to the freezing cold of the Chimanimani Mountains in Rhodesia, from the bars in Port St Johns in the Transkei to the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa, this is the story of one man's fight against terror, and his conscience. Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother or son called up in the defence of the war-torn, landlocked little country. A few of these brave men would have been members of the elite and secretive unit that struck terror ... Read more
From the searing heat of the Zambezi Valley to the freezing cold of the Chimanimani Mountains in Rhodesia, from the bars in Port St Johns in the Transkei to the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa, this is the story of one man's fight against terror, and his conscience. Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother or son called up in the defence of the war-torn, landlocked little country. A few of these brave men would have been members of the elite and secretive unit that struck terror ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
604g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Solihull, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909982772
SKU
V9781909982772
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Ref
99-21
Reviews for Bush War Operator: Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and beyond
The finest account I've read on the Selous Scouts. Without any kind of glorification whatsoever, Andy Balaam tells it like it was-the fear, the terror, the adrenaline highs of combat in the bush-and is one of the first accounts to actually describe in depth the workings of the Scouts famed `pseudo ops'.
Chris Cocks
Chris Cocks