Someone Else's War : Mercenarites from 1960 to the Present
Someone Else's War : Mercenarites from 1960 to the Present
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ISBN No.: 9780004720784
Pages: 256
Year: 200104
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 10.68
Status: Out Of Print

Someone elsee(tm)s war investigates the shadowy world of mercenaries from the Congo in the 1960s to recent operations in West Africa, South America and the Balkans. Based on extensive interviews with mercenaries of many nationalities, Someone elsee(tm)s war reveals how white mercenaries came to play a key role in the struggle for the Congo, and how the end of the war in Vietnam coincided with the start of the war in Rhodesia, attracting a new generation of mercenary soldiers. The story moves on from the Angolan debacle of 1976 to a succession of operations in Africa and South America, an attempted coup in Malta, and to the mercenaries that flocked to the former-Yugoslavia as the Balkan conflict worsened. Specific topics covered include: A Call to Arms: The Congo and 5 Commando, 1960-68.e Rhodesia, 1966-79.e Angolan Fiasco: e~Colonel Callane(tm)se(tm) Mercenaries, 1975-76.e From Rhodesia to South Africa: SADF, 1975-82.e Coup and Counter Coup: Comoros, 1975-89e Comedy of Errors: Seychelles, 1981.


e Malta, 1984-85.e Surinam, 1986-91.e Operation e~Phoenixe(tm): Columbia, 1988-95.e Lovely People : Yugoslavia, 1991-95.e Foreign Legions.e Into the 21st Century. 1. Hard-hitting story by a real mercenary who has served all over the World 2.


Investigates how mercenaries are bringing peace to war-torn Africa where the UN has given up 3. Reveals how real mercenary operations differ from the Hollywood image.


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