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From SAS to Blood Diamond Wars

Hamish Ross
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      From SAS To Blood Diamond Wars is the story of an outstanding warrior, even by SAS standards.On the point of being demobbed from the SAS, Fred Marafono was recruited by David Stirling for his private security company. After Stirling's death, Fred found himself in the midst of Sierra Leone's Blood Diamond wars, and formed an unbreakable bonding with the country's champion of democracy, Chief Hinga Norman, whose leadership and tragic death are integral to the story.Fred was recruited by Simon Mann for the finest of all private military companies in Africa, Executive Outcomes. Fewer than two hundred of them defeated the rebels in their strongholds. Through political weakness, Executive Outcomes were made to leave the country, and chaos ensued. Committed men like Hinga Norman and British High Commissioner Peter Penfold saw that, in the absence of military commitment from the west, only highly professional former soldiers could spearhead the fight to restore democracy. Three of these veterans kept a vital air bridge open. Fred's final action was supporting the SAS in their brilliant hostage release, Operation Barras.Peter Penfold sums it all up in the book's foreword, writing of the, 'confidence, trust and admiration I have for this remarkable man.'
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Hamish Ross EAN: 9781848845114 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Pen & Sword Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-07-01 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, HISTORY / Africa / West, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Sierra Leone, c 1940 to c 1949, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1990 to c 1999, Memoirs, Special and elite forces, War and defence operations, Asian history, Modern warfare, Second World War

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      Fred Marafono is an author and historian. Hamish Ross is the author of 'Paddy Mayne', the acclaimed biography of one of the revered figures in the SAS; 'Freedom in the Air', which was translated into Czech and for which he was awarded the Commemorative Medal by the Czech Republic; and 'From SAS to Blood Diamond Wars' with Fred Marafono. He lives with his wife in Glasgow.
      From SAS To Blood Diamond Wars is the story of an outstanding warrior, even by SAS standards.On the point of being demobbed from the SAS, Fred Marafono was recruited by David Stirling for his private security company. After Stirling's death, Fred found himself in the midst of Sierra Leone's Blood Diamond wars, and formed an unbreakable bonding with the country's champion of democracy, Chief Hinga Norman, whose leadership and tragic death are integral to the story.Fred was recruited by Simon Mann for the finest of all private military companies in Africa, Executive Outcomes. Fewer than two hundred of them defeated the rebels in their strongholds. Through political weakness, Executive Outcomes were made to leave the country, and chaos ensued. Committed men like Hinga Norman and British High Commissioner Peter Penfold saw that, in the absence of military commitment from the west, only highly professional former soldiers could spearhead the fight to restore democracy. Three of these veterans kept a vital air bridge open. Fred's final action was supporting the SAS in their brilliant hostage release, Operation Barras.Peter Penfold sums it all up in the book's foreword, writing of the, 'confidence, trust and admiration I have for this remarkable man.'
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Hamish Ross EAN: 9781848845114 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Pen & Sword Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-07-01 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, HISTORY / Africa / West, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Sierra Leone, c 1940 to c 1949, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1990 to c 1999, Memoirs, Special and elite forces, War and defence operations, Asian history, Modern warfare, Second World War

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      Fred Marafono is an author and historian. Hamish Ross is the author of 'Paddy Mayne', the acclaimed biography of one of the revered figures in the SAS; 'Freedom in the Air', which was translated into Czech and for which he was awarded the Commemorative Medal by the Czech Republic; and 'From SAS to Blood Diamond Wars' with Fred Marafono. He lives with his wife in Glasgow.

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