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 Assignment Selous Scouts, the inside story of a Rhodesian Special Branch officer - Jim Parker - Galago - 2006 - Paperback still in good, tight condition. The Rhodesian Bush War had grumbled on at a low key since the early 1960s, but it escalated sharply in late 1972 when major infiltrations of ZANLA guerillas from Mozambique began. The Rhodesian forces found it difficult to engage the guerrillas using conventional counter-insurgency methods, because the enemy's tactic was to merge with the local tribal population. This resulted in the formation of the Selous Scouts whose role was to infiltrate pseudo-geurillas into enemy groups, gather intelligence and turn captured guerillas into pro-government fighters. The Selous Scouts accounted for 68% of all guerillas killed or captured during the war.

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2006 paperback with 360 pages in good condition. R65 postage in SA. The Rhodesian Bush War had grumbled on at a low key since the early 1960s, but it escalated sharply in late 1972 when major infiltrations of ZANLA guerillas from Mozambique began. The Rhodesian forces found it difficult to engage the guerrillas using conventional counter-insurgency methods, because the enemy's tactic was to merge with the local tribal population. This resulted in the formation of the Selous Scouts whose role was to infiltrate pseudo-geurillas into enemy groups, gather intelligence and turn captured guerillas into pro-government fighters. The Selous Scouts accounted for 68% of all guerillas killed or captured during the war.

Publisher: Galago Books - 2006 Format: Softcover (360 pages) Book condition: Good. Previous owner's name / date inscribed inside front cover.  Slight age discoloration throughout. Postage cost: Post Office - Standard postal rate (tracked) R45 OR PostNet2PostNet Courier Fee R99

Publisher: Galago Books - 2006 Format: Softcover (360 pages) Book condition: Good. Previous owner's name / date inscribed inside front cover.  Slight age discoloration throughout. Postage cost: Post Office - Standard postal rate (tracked) R50 OR PostNet2PostNet Courier Fee R99

Publisher: Galago Books - 2006 Format: Softcover (360 pages) Book condition: Good. Previous owner's name / date inscribed inside front cover.  Slight age discoloration throughout. Postage cost: Post Office - Standard postal rate (tracked) R55 OR PostNet2PostNet Courier Fee R99

  Softcover in good condition. Previous owner's inscription in front. Galago. 2006. 360 pages.  

Publisher: Galago Books - 2006 Format: Softcover (360 pages) Book condition: Good. Previous owner's name / date inscribed inside front cover.  Slight age discoloration throughout. Postage cost: Post Office - Standard postal rate (tracked) R57 OR PostNet2PostNet Courier Fee R99

 WRITTEN BY AN EX MEMBER OF THE BSAP WHO HAS A POLICE RESERVIST WAS ATTACHED TO THE SCOUTS. AN INTERESTING READ FROM ANOTHER ANGLE

  432 pages: illustrations (some colour), portraits (colour portrait as frontispiece), maps. AS NEW   The story of the Selous Scouts Regiment of Rhodesia, formed in 1973 (with Daly as founding commander) with the purpose of clandestinely eliminating ZANLA and ZIPRA, inside and outside of then Rhodesia..                     Although this hardcover book is billed as the second edition it is actually the first standard edition.

At last! The history of the Rhodesian Light Infantry. Weve seen the stories of the more glamorous Selous Scouts, the SAS and the Rhodesian Air Force, but very little about the RLI, often underrated, but arguably one of the most effective counter-insurgency units of all time. This was the unit that brought the Fireforce concept to the worlds attention - the devastatingly ruthless airborne envelopment and annihilation of a guerrilla enemy. Dubbed The Killing Machine by Charles D. Melson, chief historian of the US Marine Corps, the RLI was a veritable foreign legion with over 20 diverse nationalities serving in her ranks. The RLI, a truly international airborne battalion, comprising of over 20 nationalities, fought the bitter Zimbabwean bush war for 15 years against the overwhelming tide of communist-trained guerrillas. Kill rates dont win wars, but during its brief 19-year history, it is estimated that the RLI accounted for between 12,000 and 15,000 enemy guerrillas, for the loss of 135 men. RLI soldiers were recipients of four Silver Crosses and 42 Bronze Crosses of Rhodesia. An RLI trooper holds the world record for operational parachute descents - a staggering 73 op jumps - most under 500 feet! A glossy coffee-table, pictorial format with hundreds of colour photos, maps, rolls, honours and awards. It is not intended as a definitive history but, with more of a classic scrapbook feel, the presentation attempts to capture the essence of this fine unit - what it was like to be a troopie, one of the ouens. We have accessed a host of unique, previously unpublished photos and illustrative material and many former RLI members have embraced the project, generously contributing photos, memorabilia and anecdotes. Ian Smith has written his tribute in the front and the foreword is by the last CO, Lieutenant-Colonel Charlie Aust. PAPERBACK: 544 PAGES WITH  1,800 b/w illustrations & maps.  Published June 2007

From the searing heat of the Zambezi Valley to the freezing cold of the Chimanimani Mountains in Rhodesia, from the bars in Port St Johns in the Transkei to the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa, this is the story of one man's fight against terror, and his conscience. Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother or son called up in the defense of the war-torn, landlocked little country. A few of these brave men would have been members of the elite and secretive unit that struck terror into the hearts of the ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas infiltrating the country at that time - the Selous Scouts. These men were highly trained and disciplined, with skills to rival the SAS, Navy Seals and the US Marines, although their dress and appearance were wildly unconventional: civilian clothing with blackened, hairy faces to resemble the very people they were fighting against. Twice decorated - with the Member of the Legion of Merit (MLM) and the Military Forces' Commendation (MFC) - Andrew Balaam was a member of the Rhodesian Light Infantry and later the Selous Scouts, for a period spanning twelve years. This is his honest and insightful account of his time as a pseudo operator. His story is brutally truthful, frightening, sometimes humorous and often sad. In later years, after Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, he was involved with a number of other former Selous Scouts in the attempted coups in the Ciskei, a South African homeland, and Lesotho, an independent nation, whose only crimes were supporting the African National Congress. Training terrorists, or as they preferred to be called, 'liberation armies', to conduct a war of terror on innocent civilians, was the very thing he had spent the last ten years in Rhodesia fighting against. This is the true, untold story of these failed attempts at governmental overthrows This book is imported on demand and dispatched within 15 working days depending on supplier Specifications Author: Andrew Balaam Binding: Paperback EAN: 9781909982772 ISBN: 1909982776 Label: Helion and Company Manufacturer: Helion and Company Number Of Pages: 288 PublicationDate: 2014-11-19 Publisher: Helion and Company Studio: Helion and Company