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From SAS to blood diamond wars / by Hamish Ross ; with Kauata 'Fred' Marafono.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, Hamish.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marafono, Fred.
- Norman, Samuel Hinga, 1940-2007.
- Norman, Samuel Hinga.
- Special forces (Military science)--Sierra Leone.
- Special forces (Military science).
- Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002.
- Sierra Leone.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire [England] : Pen & Sword Military, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 hund
- Contents:
- Foreword by Peter Penfold, CMG, OBE, Former British High Commissioner toSierra Leone; Acknowledgements; Part I; 1. The Master's Company; 2. The Chief; Part II; Part III; 3. Executive Outcomes; 4. Democratic Vista; 5. Fubar; 6. Bokkie; 7. Carrying the Can; 8. Air Wing; 9. Operation Barras; Part IV; 10. Last Enemy; 11. Paying Back the Shilling; Appendix I: Hostage of the RUF, Swiss Honorary Consul-General,Rudiger Bruns; Appendix II: Comparative Costs: Executive Outcomes, Sandline, JubaIncorporated and UNAMSIL
- Appendix III: Testimony at the SCSL on behalf of Chief Hinga Norman,General Sir David Richards, Chief of General Staff, UKAppendix IV: Observations on the Autopsy of Chief Hinga Norman,Dr Albert Joe Demby, Former Vice President of Sierra Leone; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-230) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781783039616
- 1783039612
- 9781299199149
- 1299199143
- 9781848849761
- 1848849761
- OCLC:
- 797917233
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