- Taschenbuch: 664 Seiten
- Verlag: Covos Day Books,South Africa; Auflage: New edition (27. April 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 191987433X
- ISBN-13: 978-1919874333
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,8 x 13 x 2,5 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.154.423 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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At last, the re-written, revamped version of Selous Scouts - Top Secret War. With new, previously unpublished material, including the roll of honour and full schedules of citations, awards and Wings lists. Formed in 1973 in the war-ravaged Rhodesia, the Selous Scouts, in a few short years, established a fearsome reputation as one of the world's most daring, ruthless and imaginative counter-insurgency units. Fully multiracial, this regiment was to prove that black operatives were as effective as their white counterparts. Accounting for nearly 70 percent of enemy guerrilla casualties, directly and indirectly, the regiment faded away, a political embarrassment, at Zimbabwean independence in 1980. This is the definitive account of this legendary unit's history, written and compiled by the regiment's founder, Lieutenant-Colonel Ron Reid-Daly.
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***DECLASSIFIED*** Selous Scouts-Top Secret War
26. Juni 2001
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This book should be a mandatory read for Non-commissioned officers and Officers serving in special mission units or special operations the world over. In the counter-insurgency / low-intensity conflict arena there are many valuable lessons to be learned from this text, and for the armchair historian or casual reader the story is still gripping enough to keep you enthralled to the last page. Basically this is story of the birth and death of one of the most feared insurgency units of the time, as told by the founder of this outstanding unit; Ron Reid-Daly. It covers the units training, selection, operations, and personalities of the unit with the war being the tool that propels the story and evolution of the unit. One of the most remarkable aspects of Selous scouts was their employment of pseudo-terrorist techniques, which were used to melt into know terrorist cells, to either eliminate the terrorist themselves or direct other assets to the known cells to be neutralized. While conducting these type operations the Selous Scouts maintained the cover of being a combat tracking (mantracking) unit, as to keep their true purpose under wraps from the rest of the Rhodesian Security Forces. I would also like to point out they were truly all trained tracks and maintained this capability to superb levels of proficiency. This book is a re-release and completely revamped version of "SELOUS SCOUTS - Top Secret War" (original title). If you read the original edition you will enjoy this one much better. Many areas in the book have been rewritten and their many additions and details added to the text. Many of the names of individual have added into this text, originally kept exempt for security and safety reasons. Also there are many new photographs added and the Illustrations are a lot crisper. One of the biggest treats in this edition is the added appendix covering; roll of honor, wing nominal roll, awards and citations. Bottom line is this version truly opens the door to this once `Top Secret" organization of combat trackers turned pseudo-terrorist specialist.
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Pamwe Chete - Selous Scouts of Rhodesia
20. Februar 2001
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This is an excellent and comprehensive book on the Selous Scouts - a special forces unit based in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) during the 1970's. The book covers the history of the unit from the time its founder, Ron Reid-Daly, spent in Malaysia with C Squadron 22 SAS, to the end of the war. What is interesting is the high level of racial integration in the unit, and the use of 'turned' guerillas. In some cases captured guerillas were turned, briefed and back in the field within hours of capture.
While the unit's informal approach to standard military discipline made it shunned by the high command the unit had stunning military successes, especially with cross-border raids to target enemy bases.
This book is a must read for anyone interested in the bush wars in Southern Africa in the 70/80's and terrorism in general. Special forces soldiers could learn a lot from this book.
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Selous Scouts of Rhodesia
7. Oktober 2000
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Pamwe Chete offers the reader information that has never been divulged regarding the legendary special forces teams of the Rhodesian Security Forces.
The author Col. Ron Reid-Daly founded the unit at the request of his superiors during the bloody guerilla bush war taking place in Rhodesia during the 1970's. Rhodesia which had gained its independance from Britain in 1965 was being infiltrated and attacked by numerous communist factions operating from bases in neighboring Mozambique and Zambia.
The Selous Scouts were named after Frederick Courtney Selous, a famous hunter, explorer, and soldier that was killed fighting the Germans in Africa during World War I. The Scouts were such a top secret, anti-insurgancy fighting unit that many of the senior officers in the Rhodesian army were not privy to the details of their tactics and operations.
Col. Reid-Daly details the history of the unit from its formation to its disbandment towards the final days of the war. He includes anecdotes and stories of the major operations the scouts were involved in during the war. The scouts were responsible for over 68% of the total enemy casualties during the war.
This book is interesting reading for anyone that is interested in studying the breakup of colonialism in Southern Africa or highly trained special military units.
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