(Ebook) A Handful of Hard Men The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia 1st Edition by Hannes Wessels ISBN 1612003451 9781612003450

(Ebook) A Handful of Hard Men The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia 1st Edition by Hannes Wessels ISBN 1612003451 9781612003450

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ISBN 10: 1612003451 
ISBN 13: 9781612003450
Author: Hannes Wessels

A biography of a Special Forces soldier who battled the forces of Mugabe and Nkomo, earning a reputation as a military maestro.   During the West’s great transition into the post-colonial age, the country of Rhodesia refused to succumb quietly, and throughout the 1970s, fought back almost alone against Communist-supported elements that it did not believe would deliver proper governance. During this long war, many heroes emerged, but none more skillful and courageous than Capt. Darrell Watt of the Rhodesian SAS, who placed himself at the tip of the spear in the deadly battle to resist the forces of Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo.   It is difficult to find another soldier’s story to equal Watt’s in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced. Even by the lofty standards of the SAS and Special Forces, one has to look far to find anyone who can match his record of resilience and valor in the face of such daunting odds and with resources so paltry. A bush-lore genius, blessed with uncanny instincts and an unbridled determination, he had no peers as a combat-tracker—and there was plenty of competition. The Rhodesian theater was a fluid and volatile one, in which he performed in almost every imaginable fighting role: as an airborne shock-trooper leading camp attacks, long range reconnaissance operator, covert urban operator, sniper, saboteur, seek-and-strike expert, and, in the final stages, as a key figure in mobilizing an allied army in neighboring Mozambique. After twelve years in the cauldron of war, his cause slipped from beneath him, however, and Rhodesia gave way to Zimbabwe.   When the guns went quiet, Watt had won all his battles but lost the war. In this fascinating biography we learn that in his later years, he turned to saving wildlife on a continent where animals are in continued danger, devoting himself to both the fauna and African people he has cared so deeply about.

(Ebook) A Handful of Hard Men The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia 1st Table of contents:

1. CHAPTER 1 Rebellion • Darrell Watt • The wind of change
2. CHAPTER 2 Formation of the SAS • Harold Wilson and the Soviets • The first farm attack • Recru
3. CHAPTER 3 First blood • The two-toed tribe • Watt’s first action • Operation Cauldron • Ha
4. CHAPTER 4 The end of the beginning • Hawkesworth • Macombe • Andy Chait • Rhodesians on top
5. CHAPTER 5 The Victoria Falls débâcle • Exodus from the SAS • Machipanda • Life on the ‘fro
6. CHAPTER 6 Mozambique declares war • Enter Henry Kissinger • Water warriors
7. CHAPTER 7 Rude awakenings • Renamo is born • The south-east heats up • Shooting the messenger
8. CHAPTER 8 Going for broke • Do or die • The attack • Watt shot
9. CHAPTER 9 The madness continues • Watt to Botswana • Domestic problems • Camp on the Zambezi
10. CHAPTER 10 Monkey business • ‘Tiny’ Rowland • Viscount Hunyani • The deafening silence
11. CHAPTER 11 Chris Dixon • Para attack • Ambush
12. CHAPTER 12 Privateers • Watt finds the killers • Richard Stannard • Innocents die • Lights o
13. CHAPTER 13 Another Viscount downed • Stannard back to Chimoio Recce on a ZIPRA camp • Bishop Muz
14. CHAPTER 14 Combat tracking at speed • More farmers murdered • The ‘Iron Lady’ folds • Sche
15. CHAPTER 15 Chopper down • Yankee Section • Operation Bumper • Monte Xiluvo • The Russians ar
16. CHAPTER 16 A leader dies • Life with Luke • A mystery death at Lancaster House
17. CHAPTER 17 Bust the bridges • A big surprise • Time to say goodbye
18. CHAPTER 18 Ceasefire • More attempts to kill Mugabe • Walls folds • The order that never came

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