Four Ball One Tracer: Commanding Executive Outcomes in Angola and Sierra Leone - Softcover

Hudson, Andrew; Heerden, Roelf Van

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910294713 ISBN 13: 9781910294710

Verlag: HELION & CO, 2015

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"Brutally honest and devoid of hyperbole, this is Roelf van Heerden's Executive Outcomes. Unapologetic, unassuming and forthright, the combat exploits of Executive Outcomes (EO) in Angola and Sierra Leone are recounted for the first time by a battlefieldcommander who was physically on the ground during all their major combat operations. From fighting UNITA for the critical oil installations and diamond fields of Angola to the offensive against the RUF in Sierra Leone to capture the Kono diamond fields and the palace coup which ousted Captain Valentine Strasser, van Heerden was at the forefront. He tells of the tragedy of child soldiers, illegal diamond mining and the curse of government soldiers who turn on their own people; he tells of RUF atrocities, the harrowing attempt to rescue a downed EO pilot and the poignant efforts to recover the remains of EO soldiers killed in action. Coupled with van Heerden's gripping expose', hitherto unpublished photographs, order of battle charts and battle maps offer unprecedented access to the major actions as they took place on the ground during the heydays of EO."--Publisher's website.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Andrew Hudson majored in military history at the South Africa Military Academy and after two decades as an infantry officer in the South African Defence Force moved into the private sector. Still a soldier at heart he divides his time between earning an income, indulging his passion for collecting books on conflict in Africa, and road running in weird and wonderful locations.

Roelf van Heerden is a veteran and author specializing inmilitary history.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: HELION & CO
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1910294713
• ISBN 13: 9781910294710
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 312
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