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Bush War Operator: Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and ..
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- Condition
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- Seller notes
- “Paperback--excellent condition”
- ISBN
- 9781909982772
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Bush War Operator : Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and Beyond
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Helion & Company, The Limited
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Africa / General, Modern / 20th Century, Modern / General, Military
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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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 defense 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 into the hearts of the ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas infiltrating the country at that time - the Selous Scouts. These men were highly trained and disciplined, with skills to rival the SAS, Navy Seals and the US Marines, although their dress and appearance were wildly unconventional: civilian clothing with blackened, hairy faces to resemble the very people they were fighting against. Twice decorated - with the Member of the Legion of Merit (MLM) and the Military Forces' Commendation (MFC) - Andrew Balaam was a member of the Rhodesian Light Infantry and later the Selous Scouts, for a period spanning twelve years. This is his honest and insightful account of his time as a pseudo operator. His story is brutally truthful, frightening, sometimes humorous and often sad. In later years, after Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, he was involved with a number of other former Selous Scouts in the attempted coups in the Ciskei, a South African homeland, and Lesotho, an independent nation, whose only crimes were supporting the African National Congress. Training terrorists, or as they preferred to be called, 'liberation armies', to conduct a war of terror on innocent civilians, was the very thing he had spent the last ten years in Rhodesia fighting against. This is the true, untold story of these failed attempts at governmental overthrows.
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Publisher
Helion & Company, The Limited
ISBN-10
1909982776
ISBN-13
9781909982772
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219669004
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bush War Operator : Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and Beyond
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Africa / General, Modern / 20th Century, Modern / General, Military
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Dt2984
Reviews
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'.
Copyright Date
2014
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2015-302287
Dewey Decimal
968.91/04
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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- 05 Mar, 2022
Good title. Catches the eye and informs reader of the subject.
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- 02 Apr, 2020
If you know about bush wars, then you need to read these books to keep revisionist from destroying history
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