Description: A very different tongue-in-cheek personal account about a forgotten war. Between 1964 and 1980 Rhodesian men from all walks of life left their families and jobs to fight for their country. They were farmers, bankers, railwaymen, shopkeepers, miners and even Members of Parliament, who every six weeks, changed their soft civilian life for battle dress, rifles and grenades. These are their stories. It's not really about war heroes. It's more about bluestone charged, but still lustful troops coping with fighting terrorists, boredom, longing, fear and death. All this set against the background of Africa's sweltering heat, annoying insects, dangerous animals and venomous snakes. Definitely not for the faint-hearted. The reader will meet a long suffering prisoner-of-war, infantry soldiers, helicopter gunship pilots, tribesmen, pompous army officers, mercenaries and even a duck. Some of the personal incidents will have you laughing and crying at the same time. No matter how you view the Rhodesian Bush War, you will enjoy the humour and at times satire and even sadness of this true account of how men coped with the horrors and hardships of war.
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EAN: 9781434319739
UPC: 9781434319739
ISBN: 9781434319739
MPN: N/A
Format: Paperback, 284 pages
Author: Martin, Faan
Book Title: James and the Duck: Tales of the Rhodesian Bush Wa
Item Height: 1.6 cm
Item Length: 20.3 cm
Item Weight: 0.24 kg
Item Width: 12.7 cm
Language: Eng
Publisher: Authorhouse UK
