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Condition
Very Good
A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“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
Author
Andrew Balaam
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.

Product Identifiers

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
Author
Andrew Balaam
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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