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A History of Modern Mercenary Warfare (inbunden, eng)
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Many of the modern day British mercenaries were known to the author personally. including such notably figures as the legendary SAS Fijian warriors Tak Takevesia who, although in his early sixties shot his way out of an ambush in Bagdad and Fred Big Fred' Mrafano who devoted himself to the cause of the people of Serra Leone.
SAS veteran .Bill Scully who received the Queen's Gallantry Medal single-handedly protected 1,300 civilians from rebel troops during the uprising in May 199 7after the Sierra Leone coup and American Vietnam veteran Major Mac' Mackenzie, who although badly wounded in Vietnam, rose from trooper to command a Rhodesian SAS squadron and was one of the units most highly decorated soldiers.
Also included are more notorious figures like Costas Georgiou also known by his alias Colonel Callan who served in the 1st Battalion of the Parachute Regiment but was dishonourably discharged and sentenced to five years in prison for a post office robbery, later he proclaimed himself a Colonel' and led a group of psychopathic mercenaries in the Angolan War of Independence, before being captured and executed by Angolan forces.
The book explores the roles of modern day mercenaries, who's use has expanded precisely because they are mercenaries, fighting for money and not love of country, their deaths are not seen as a patriotic sacrifice, often they go unreported and in turn helps to conceal the true tragic human cost of waging a war.
As one former private military contractor recently stated to Australian TV If you want to conquer in the 21st century you use mercenaries, special forces, things to keep war secret and nobody's better at secret wars than mercenaries.
| Format | Inbunden |
| Omfång | 224 sidor |
| Språk | Engelska |
| Förlag | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Utgivningsdatum | 2023-11-30 |
| ISBN | 9781399050098 |
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Böcker
- Format Inbunden
- Antal sidor 224
- Språk Engelska
- Utgivningsdatum 2023-11-30
- ISBN 9781399050098
- Förlag Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Specifikation
Böcker
- Format Inbunden
- Antal sidor 224
- Språk Engelska
- Utgivningsdatum 2023-11-30
- ISBN 9781399050098
- Förlag Pen & Sword Books Ltd