Peter Baxter: Selous Scouts | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781912866830 | Selous Scouts | Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists | Baxter

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Formed in 1973 by the legendary Lieutenant-Colonel Ron Reid-Daly at the behest of Rhodesian military supremo General Peter Walls, the Selous Scouts were to write their name into the annals of military history as one of the finest counterinsurgency units of all time, through their innovative pseudo-guerrilla tactics, brilliant reconnaissance operations into Zambia and Botswana and daring flying-column raids into Mozambique. Feared and hated by the liberation movements ZIPRA and ZANLA, the Scouts wreaked untold havoc and destruction on their Soviet- and Chinese-backed enemies, accounting for 68% of guerrilla casualties within Rhodesia alone during the bitter bush war of the 1970s. Uniquely ahead of its time, the regiment - a brotherhood of men that traversed cultural and racial barriers; their Shona motto was 'Pamwe Chete' (together only) - was to produce the type of soldier that earned for the unit one Grand Cross of Valour, nine Silver Crosses and 22 Bronze Crosses of Rhodesia.

Über den Autor

Peter Baxter is an author, amateur historian and heritage travel guide. Born in Kenya and educated in Zimbabwe, he has lived and traveled over much of southern and central Africa. Peter lives in Oregon, USA. His interests include British Imperial history in Africa and the East Africa campaign of the First World War in particular. He is the author of Pen and Sword's Gandhi, Smuts and Race in the British Empire.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781912866830
ISBN-10:	1912866838
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Baxter, Peter
Auflage:	Revised & Expanded edition
Hersteller:	Helion & Company
Maße:	295 x 212 x 7 mm
Von/Mit:	Peter Baxter
Erscheinungsdatum:	16.10.2019
Gewicht:	0,298 kg

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