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FROM SAS TO BLOOD DIAMOND WARS
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| By: |
Hamish Ross, Fred Marafono |
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Hardback |
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£19.99 |
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£14.59 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1848845111 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781848845114 |
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| Publisher: |
PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
19 May, 2011 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
Even by SAS standards this is the story of an outstanding warrior. |
| Synopsis: |
From SAS To Blood Diamond Wars is the story of an outstanding warrior, even by SAS standards.On the point of being demobbed from the SAS, Fred Marafono was recruited by David Stirling for his private security company. After Stirling's death, Fred found himself in the midst of Sierra Leone's Blood Diamond wars, and formed an unbreakable bonding with the country's champion of democracy, Chief Hinga Norman, whose leadership and tragic death are integral to the story.Fred was recruited by Simon Mann for the finest of all private military companies in Africa, Executive Outcomes. Fewer than two hundred of them defeated the rebels in their strongholds. Through political weakness, Executive Outcomes were made to leave the country, and chaos ensued. Committed men like Hinga Norman and British High Commissioner Peter Penfold saw that, in the absence of military commitment from the west, only highly professional former soldiers could spearhead the fight to restore democracy. Three of these veterans kept a vital air bridge open. Fred's final action was supporting the SAS in their brilliant hostage release, Operation Barras.Peter Penfold sums it all up in the book's foreword, writing of the, 'confidence, trust and admiration I have for this remarkable man.' |
| Illustrations: |
16pp B&W photos |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Pen & Sword Military |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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