Four Ball, One Tracer: Commanding Executive Outcomes in Angola and Sierra Leone
Andrew Hudson, Roelf van Heerden
Brutally honest and devoid of hyperbole, this is Roelf van
Heerden's Executive Outcomes. / Unapologetic, unassuming and forthright,
the combat exploits of Executive Outcomes (EO) in Angola and Sierra
Leone are recounted for the first time by a battlefield commander who
was physically on the ground during all their major combat operations.
From fighting UNITA for the critical oil installations and diamond
fields of Angola to the offensive against the RUF in Sierra Leone to
capture the Kono diamond fields and the palace coup which ousted Captain
Valentine Strasser, van Heerden was at the forefront. He tells of the
tragedy of child soldiers, illegal diamond mining and the curse of
government soldiers who turn on their own people; he tells of RUF
atrocities, the harrowing attempt to rescue a downed EO pilot and the
poignant efforts to recover the remains of EO soldiers killed in action.
Coupled with van Heerden's gripping exposé, hitherto unpublished
photographs, order of battle charts and battle maps offer unprecedented
access to the major actions as they took place on the ground during the
heydays of EO.
Heerden's Executive Outcomes. / Unapologetic, unassuming and forthright,
the combat exploits of Executive Outcomes (EO) in Angola and Sierra
Leone are recounted for the first time by a battlefield commander who
was physically on the ground during all their major combat operations.
From fighting UNITA for the critical oil installations and diamond
fields of Angola to the offensive against the RUF in Sierra Leone to
capture the Kono diamond fields and the palace coup which ousted Captain
Valentine Strasser, van Heerden was at the forefront. He tells of the
tragedy of child soldiers, illegal diamond mining and the curse of
government soldiers who turn on their own people; he tells of RUF
atrocities, the harrowing attempt to rescue a downed EO pilot and the
poignant efforts to recover the remains of EO soldiers killed in action.
Coupled with van Heerden's gripping exposé, hitherto unpublished
photographs, order of battle charts and battle maps offer unprecedented
access to the major actions as they took place on the ground during the
heydays of EO.
Year:
2020
Publisher:
30 Degrees South Publishers
Language:
english
Pages:
257
ISBN 10:
1920143661
ISBN 13:
9781920143664
File:
EPUB, 6.04 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2020
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