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“mike hoare”

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  • The Road to Kalamata

    A Congo Mercenary's Personal Memoir

    by Mike Hoare ...
    The famous adventurer and mercenary recounts his exploits during the Congo Crisis in this Cold War military memoir.At the close of 1960, the newly formed Independent State of Katanga in central Africa recruited Thomas "Mad Mike" Hoare and his 4 Commando team of mercenary soldiers to suppress a rebellion by Baluba warriors known to torture the enemy soldiers they captured. In The Road to Kalamata, ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From the Shadows of My Mind

    by Mike Hoare ...
    From the Shadows of my Mind’ is a novel about the meaning of life, set against the issues of class in society and never giving up on what you desire.Rick Marshall, after leaving school in the 1960s, joins a company based in Deenbridge, his local town, offering work in protecting the natural environment. Disadvantaged by a working-class background, he doubts whether he can ever have a relationship ... Read more

    $6.86 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Seychelles Affair

    A Mercenary's Account of a Failed Coup

    by Mike Hoare ...
    The remarkable story of the Seychelles Affair began in 1978 when representatives of the exiled Seychelles president approached legendary mercenary commander Mike Hoare – who had successfully quelled the uprisings in the Congo in the early 1960s – to help overthrow the Marxist regime then in power.The coup was to take place in 1981, with Hoare’s band of men disguised as a rugby club on board a ... Read more

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    A biography of a Special Forces soldier who battled the forces of Mugabe and Nkomo, earning a reputation as a military maestro.During the West's great transition into the post-colonial age, the country of Rhodesia refused to succumb quietly, and throughout the 1970s, fought back almost alone against Communist-supported elements that it did not believe would deliver proper governance. During this ... Read more

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  • Three Sips of Gin

    Dominating the Battlespace with Rhodesia's Elite Selous Scouts

    by Timothy Bax ...
    The memoir of a special forces veteran of the Rhodesian War, with over a hundred photos included.Nothing terrorized Russian and Chinese-backed guerillas fighting Rhodesia's bush war in the 1970s more than the famed Selous Scouts. The name of the unit struck fear in the hearts of even the most battle-hardened—rather than speak it, they referred to its soldiers simply as Skuzapu, or pickpockets. ... Read more

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  • Bush War Operator

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    by A. J. Balaam ...
    "The finest account I've read on the Selous Scouts . . . Andy Balaam tells it like it was—the fear, the terror, the adrenaline highs of combat in the bush." —Chris Cocks, bestselling author of FireforceFrom 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 ... Read more

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  • Japan's Gestapo

    Murder, Mayhem and Torture in Wartime Asia

    by Mark Felton ...
    From the author of Children of the Camps, a look at the disturbing activities of the Kempeitai, Japan's feared military and secret police.The book opens by explaining the origins, organization, and roles of the Kempeitai apparatus, which exercised virtually unlimited power throughout the Japanese Empire. Author Mark Felton reveals their criminal and collaborationist networks that extorted huge ... Read more

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  • Operations Most Secret

    SOE: The Malayan Theatre

    by Ian Trenowden ...
    Little is known and much less has been written about the Malayan theatre of operations of SOE from 1942-45. In this, his second book, Ian Trenowden, working closely with the wartime commander of Force 136, Group B, has built up a surprisingly complete picture of those operations and traces the evolution of the local SOE headquarters from a single desk in London’s Baker Street to the independent ... Read more

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  • We Dared to Win

    The SAS in Rhodesia

    by Hannes Wessels, Andre Scheepers ...
    A memoir from a Special Forces fighter about his experiences in the Rhodesian War and how combat has shaped his life.Andre Scheepers grew up on a farm in Rhodesia, learning about the bush from his African childhood friends, before joining the army. A quiet, introspective thinker, Andre started out as a trooper in the SAS before being commissioned into the Rhodesian Light Infantry Commandos, where ... Read more

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  • Spider Zero Seven

    by Mike Borlace ...
    Silver Cross recipient, Mike Borlace is considered to be one of the most experienced combat helicopter pilots of recent times. Now he collates his experiences in this compelling wartime memoir set against the backdrop of the civil war fought in Rhodesia during the 1970s.Helicopters were a vital component of the small Rhodesian Defence Force and as part of special forces, Borlace and his fellow ... Read more

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  • Two One Pony

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    A thoughtful, reflective narrative of a reluctant soldier that captures the rhythms of life in war as well as the boredom and chaos of Vietnam.At the height of the Vietnam War, Charles Carr left graduate school to serve in the army in Southeast Asia, knowing that if he didn't, another man would go—and possibly die—in his place. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion of the 47th Infantry (Mechanized) ... Read more

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