The Road to Kalamata: A Congo Mercenary's Personal Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (874 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00K1KJ2DK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 123 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mike Hoare is one of the 20th century's most famous adventurers, and clearly one of its most talented scribes. He emigrated to Africa in 1948 and fell in love with the land and its people. Hoare was born in India to Irish parents and educated in England. Though he is best known as a mercenary leader in the Congo and the Seychelles, his two new books describe his nonmilitar
. Hoare was born in India to Irish parents and educated in England. About the Author Mike Hoare is one of the 20th century's most famous adventurers, and clearly one of its most talented scribes. He emigrated to Africa in 1948 and fell in love with the land and its people. Though he is best known as a mercenary leader in the Congo and the Seychelles, his two new books describe his nonmilitary adventures on land and sea: Mike Hoare's Adventures in Africa and Three Years with Sylvia
With insight that only an officer with extensive battlefield experience can bring to this subject, Colonel Hoare chronicles the metamorphosis of 4 Commando from a loose assembly of individuals into a highly organized fighting unit, while also taking the reader inside the minds and hearts of men who sell their military skills for money. The Road to Kalamata is the real-life adventure story of the 4 Commando team of mercenary soldiers, as told by their leader, Col. What emerges is a compelling and complex portrait of genuine adventurers, "a breed of men which," writes Hoare, "has almost vanished from the face of the earth." Paladin Press is pleased to make available once again this engaging, colorful and thoughtful account,
"A Road through Darkness" according to Ky. Col.. In the early 1960s Tshombe led the province of Katanga in an attempted bid to form a nation seperate from Lumumba's Congo. In desperation, the Katangese leadership decided to hire mercenaries from Europe and southern Africa. One of them was Major Mike Hoare (later Col.). In the "Road to Kalamata", Hoare weaves a well-written account of danger, humor. Hardship and Toil in a Dangerous Place Mark Harju Mike Hoare's leadership qualities truly stand out in "The Road to Kalamata: A Congo Mercenary's Personal Memoir". Hoare's narrative relates the trials by fire that he and his men underwent in the crucible of the Congo in 1960-1961 as a simple supply trip, scheduled to take just a couple of weeks, turned into months of bitter struggle with stifling h. "Superb Military Memoir" according to LemonsSuperb Military Memoir Lemons40 I doubt one could find a military memoir that is better written than The Road To Kalamata. It is on a par with and has echoes of George MacDonald Fraser's Quartered Safe Out Here. This book is all the more remarkable as it is essentially a 'vignette' that covers a relatively brief time period an focuses on essentially a single operation. Despite the. 0. I doubt one could find a military memoir that is better written than The Road To Kalamata. It is on a par with and has echoes of George MacDonald Fraser's Quartered Safe Out Here. This book is all the more remarkable as it is essentially a 'vignette' that covers a relatively brief time period an focuses on essentially a single operation. Despite the