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 | | Guns for Hire: How the CIA & US Army Recruit Mercenaries for White Rhodesia by John Dough (Editor) ISBN-10: 9781894946179 ISBN-10: 1-894946-17-0 ISBN-13: 9781894946179 ISBN-13: 978-1-894946-17-9 Paperback 2005-04 Kersplebedeb Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description A collectors item from the anti-colonial struggles of the seventies. This text details how the US military and CIA colluded with Solider of Fortune magazine and others to send white mercenaries to fight for the Ian Smith regime in Rhodesia. While the nitty gritty details are mainly of historical significance, given the heavy reliance on "contractors" in Iraq and elsewhere, the broad outlines of this work remain relevant today. Originally published in the 1970s, ths new introduction has an introduction written in 2005. From the introduction by Jon Dough: "Although the CIA's mercenary operation for Zimbabwe had failed in the end, the machinery remains as a covert weapon that can be restarted and put to use in new imperialist interventions and wars in the Global South. That's why this investigative report still has useful knowledge for everyone tracking the bloody footprints of the u.s. empire." | ||
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Like so much left-wing garbage, this book is utter unmitigated rubbish I have an old copy of this book that I picked up many many years ago. I just reread it for a laugh and it's in fact rather sad. The fiction and lies that these left-wing "useful idiots" came up with is just amazing. The fact that anybody even bothered to republish this book give the current situation in Zimbabwe simply stuns me. The thought that anyone might actually pay for this book reduces me to maniacal laughter. Basically, it's nonsense. In fact it's mostly just lies and the fertile imgaination of a left-wing peice of .... well, you get the idea. There were no mercenaries in the Rhodeasian Army. Any non-Rhodesians that signed up got the same lousy pay as the rest of the Rhodesian Army. Hardly mercenary, esp when you see what the "contractors" in Iraq and Afghanistan get paid vis-a-vis regular military people. I have a few buddies who are now ex-rhodesians and this sort of thing really annoyed them. With good reason. That said, when I was in the NZ Army in the late 70's, a few of us had "Be a Man Among Men, Join the Rhodesian Army" T-shirts. Based on the contents of this book, that probably made us mercenaries. Hahahahahaha. Actually, I shouldn't laugh. Based on the fact that we in the Army were paid by the NZ Govt, the authors of this book would have probably called us "mercenary tools of the capitalist establishment oppressing the working class" or something similar. | ||
Not well referenced or well written This book is literally Communist propoganda. It was written and re-published by a self proclaimed communist organization. I bought this book hoping to gain some valuable insight on the recruiting of mercenary's for the Rhodesian Bush war. This book was so poorly written and obviously biased, that it totally invalidated any points the author tried to make. It simply was not entertaining or educational. They reference Soldier of Fortune Magazine for most of their citations, which is comical, because SOF has been notoriously unreliable. Even the Rhodesian troops stayed away from the SOF writers because the troops felt the writers were unreliable. This book basis the fact that the US Army was recruiting because a guy who was in a Reserve Special Forces unit was selling "Rhodesia" T-shirts. Not very convincing. In fact if you went to nearly any reserve unit now a days, you would find Triple Canopy and Blackwater T-shirts. Are they recruiting for either company? No. The t-shirts are simply popular among warriors. To end this, the book was poorly written and not entertaining or educational. Don't waste your time with this one. | ||
Fictional Nonsense about the Bush War As a former soldier in the Rhodesian security forces (army), Soldier of Fortune personnel were the last people that one wanted to be seen with. These armchair commandos generally created an air of mistrust and were not seen accompanying the troops but seen swilling drinks at one of the many hotel bars and talking trash. Nothing in this book makes any sense. The last thing the CIA would do is use Soldier of Fortune magazine (SOF) to recruit any mercenaries. In fact, one could count the 'mercenaries' on one hand and those who would be called mercenaries were actually farm hands that were armed. The Rhodesian government had a dim view of killings outside of the military or police. This book is filled with false statements and is very fictious in every detail. It is laughable at times. | ||
Good God!!! I threw my copy away! Liberals are worse than cancer, and have wreaked this nation. The book, although having some historical value is a crusade for the liberals of the world. Throw away your guns. We can all live in peace. Yeah right. Dont waste your money. | ||
Interesting Pretty interesting piece of information. It comes off as propaganda and it is but alot of it is factual and worth a read. | ||