Subjects:  1. Birds & Birdwatching - General    2. Birds & Birdwatching - Guides    3. Nature    4. Nature/Ecology    5. Ornithology    6. Biological Sciences    7. Birds (ornithology)    8. Birds and Natural History    9. Nature / Birds & Birdwatching    10. Seychelles   

Reviews (3)

Ho-Hum Rehash of the Mercenary Heyday
Anthony Meckler's "The New Mercenaries" covers the violent post-colonial period in Africa from about 1960 to 1981. Included are summaries of mercenary actions in Mozambique, Angola, the Congo, and elsewhere in that troubled continent. Names of noteworthy soldiers of fortune who appear in the book are "Mad Mike" Hoare, "Black Jack" Shramme, Bob Denard and others. Oddly, very little is mentioned about counter-terror campaigns in Rhodesia following the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI). Perhaps this is because Rhodesia was a legitimate government, as opposed the the main thrust of Meckler's viewpoint - that the mercenaries in Africa were a law unto themselves, which was in some cases very true. The source on mercenaries in the 20th century
This book offers the most complete description of mercenary action in the past century. Very detailed, very much fact, but reads like a novel. Read what Forsyth based his 'Dogs of War' on. THE standard reference on mercenary troops.
This is the single most comprehensive book on mercenaries , period. Mockler combines the scholarship of an Oxford professor, which he is, with the flair of a journalist, which he is, to tell the story of modern mercenaries. He also goes into the definition, the history and the future of the subject. Mercenaries are becoming more common and more respectable today (please refer to them as private sector contract military trainers). You can see them on the evening news training the Bosnian army ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. History    3. Mercenary soldiers    4. Mercenary troops    5. Military History (General)    6. Military Science    7. Military history, Modern    8. Technology & Industrial Arts   

Subjects:  1. Africa - General    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History: World    5. Seychelles   

Subjects:  1. Africa - General    2. History - General History    3. Nature/Ecology    4. NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS    5. Seychelles   

Subjects:  1. Seychelles    2. Social life and customs    3. History    4. Anecdotes   

Subjects:  1. Art & Art Instruction    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Exhibition Catalogs    4. Individual Artist    5. Beuys, Joseph    6. Exhibitions    7. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -    8. Individual artists   

Subjects:  1. History    2. History: World    3. Genealogy, history, reference, Indian Ocean, Seychelles, Islands, family tree, slaves    4. History / General    5. Social History   

Subjects:  1. Botany    2. Natural history    3. Seychelles    4. Zoology   

Subjects:  1. NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS    2. Photographs: collections    3. Seychelles   

Subjects:  1. History    2. History: World    3. Social History    4. Genealogy, history, reference; Indian Ocean; Seychelles; Islands; family tree; slaves   

Subjects:  1. Africa - General    2. History - General History   

Subjects:  1. Africa - General    2. History - General History   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. General    3. Seychelles    4. Country Industry Report    5. Economics    6. Export    7. Investment    8. Marketing    9. Human Resource    10. Business Strategy    11. Politics    12. Law    13. Culture    14. History   

Subjects:  1. Biography: general    2. Cultural studies    3. Seychelles    4. Social history   

Subjects:  1. History    2. Seychelles   

Subjects:  1. History    2. Seychelles   

Subjects:  1. East Africa - History    2. Mauritius    3. Seychelles    4. Slavery    5. African history    6. East Africa    7. Slavery & emancipation   

Subjects:  1. NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS    2. Seychelles   

Subjects:  1. Aride Island    2. Birds    3. Natural history   

Subjects:  1. Aride Island    2. Natural history