Selous Scouts
Rhodesian counter-insurgency specialists
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Word Count
15,750 words, Guess
Page Count
63 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101907677380
- ISBN-139781907677380
- Library of Congress Control Number2012372920
- OCLC Control Number751804922
- OCLC Control Number771927271
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781907677380
- Open LibraryOL25349524M
Classifications
- DDC968.9104
- LCCDT2988 .B45 2011
- LCCDT2988
and 1 more
- LCCDT962.75 .B45 2011
Description
Formed in 1973 by the legendary Lieutenant-Colonel Ron Reid-Daly at the behest of Rhodesian military supremo General Peter Walls, the Selous Scouts were to write their name into the annals of military history as one of the finest counterinsurgency units of all time, through their innovative pseudo-guerrilla tactics, brilliant reconnaissance operations into Zambia and Botswana and daring flying-column raids into Mozambique. Feared and hated by the liberation movements ZIPRA and ZANLA, the Scouts wreaked untold havoc and destruction on their Soviet- and Chinese-backed enemies, accounting for 68% of guerrilla casualties within Rhodesia alone during the bitter bush war of the 1970s. Uniquely ahead of its time, the regimen -- a brotherhood of men that traversed cultural and racial barriers; their Shona motto was 'Pamwe Chete' (together only) -- was to produce the type of soldier that earned for the unit one Grand Cross of Valour, nine Silver Crosses and 22 Bronze Crosses of Rhodesia.
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Series Statement
- Africa@war -- v. 4.
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