Bloodsong! - First-hand Accounts of a Modern Private Army in Action: Angola 1993-1995

Hooper, J

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240 pp. Some illustrations. Textblock slightly browned.Ink name and address of a previous owner on the front, free, end-paper along with the publishers review label.
The  following  reference  is  taken  from  Loot.co. za  as  well  as  from  Wikipedia :
 
Executive Outcomes was a  private, military, company  founded in  South  Africa by former Lieutenant-Colonel  of the South  African  Defence  Force, Eeben  Barlow in 1989. It later became part of the South African-based  holding  company,Strategic Resource Corporation.
In Angola, Sierra Leone and Papua New Guinea, it stepped in while the UN revealed itself as little more than a debating society. But the motives of this mercenary army are open to question: was it more interested in protecting Sierra Leone's diamond mines than the people caught up in a savage guerilla war?

Journalist Jim Hooper followed Executive Outcomes on operations all over Africa and in this book reveals the story of a mercenary army in action.

Details:

  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Edition: First Edition, first printing
  • Jacket Condition: Near Fine
  • Binding Condition: Very Good +
  • Overall Condition: Very Good +
  • Size: Royal Octavo
  • Lot No: 347
  • Hammer Price: $80
  • Bids: 1
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  • Estimate: $110
  • Reserve: $80

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