Author: Colin D. Heaton
Publisher: Casemate
ISBN: 1612001769
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This “fascinating” biography of a South African-born warrior provides a window into a full century of military conflicts(Adam Makos, New York Times–bestselling author of A Higher Call). Four-War Boer traces Pieter Krueler’s highly colorful life from the Second Boer War, where he first served as a fourteen-year-old scout, to his service in World War I with the German army in East Africa to the Spanish Civil War to World War II, this time with the Allies, and on into the latter part of the twentieth century, when he served as a mercenary during the 1960s Congo Crisis. Later, in his eighties, he became a civilian trainer for the original Selous Scouts of Rhodesia and, later still, a trainer for South African commandos. The book follows Krueler through a remarkable career that included, among other adventures, leading native African soldiers on extremely dangerous missions in the Belgian Congo; volunteering as a mercenary during the Spanish Civil War, during which he worked with the Pyrenees Basque movement; serving as a coast watcher to keep South Africa safe from German incursion; and fighting alongside Michael Hoare during the 1960s Congo Crisis. A chapter is devoted to the formation of Rhodesia’s highly elite Selous Scouts, along with highlights of several previously classified missions. This material includes a wealth of new information, and breaks the secrecy surrounding Rhodesian and South African special operations, as unveiled through the experience of a man who was a founding father of counterinsurgency in Africa. Based on six years of historical research through hard-to-find secondary and published primary sources, as well as extensive interviews with Krueler himself, and interviews with German officers and others who knew and worked with him, this biography is filled with extensive first-person testimony that gives it the immediacy of a memoir.
Four-War Boer
Author: Colin D. Heaton
Publisher: Casemate
ISBN: 1612001769
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This “fascinating” biography of a South African-born warrior provides a window into a full century of military conflicts(Adam Makos, New York Times–bestselling author of A Higher Call). Four-War Boer traces Pieter Krueler’s highly colorful life from the Second Boer War, where he first served as a fourteen-year-old scout, to his service in World War I with the German army in East Africa to the Spanish Civil War to World War II, this time with the Allies, and on into the latter part of the twentieth century, when he served as a mercenary during the 1960s Congo Crisis. Later, in his eighties, he became a civilian trainer for the original Selous Scouts of Rhodesia and, later still, a trainer for South African commandos. The book follows Krueler through a remarkable career that included, among other adventures, leading native African soldiers on extremely dangerous missions in the Belgian Congo; volunteering as a mercenary during the Spanish Civil War, during which he worked with the Pyrenees Basque movement; serving as a coast watcher to keep South Africa safe from German incursion; and fighting alongside Michael Hoare during the 1960s Congo Crisis. A chapter is devoted to the formation of Rhodesia’s highly elite Selous Scouts, along with highlights of several previously classified missions. This material includes a wealth of new information, and breaks the secrecy surrounding Rhodesian and South African special operations, as unveiled through the experience of a man who was a founding father of counterinsurgency in Africa. Based on six years of historical research through hard-to-find secondary and published primary sources, as well as extensive interviews with Krueler himself, and interviews with German officers and others who knew and worked with him, this biography is filled with extensive first-person testimony that gives it the immediacy of a memoir.
Publisher: Casemate
ISBN: 1612001769
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This “fascinating” biography of a South African-born warrior provides a window into a full century of military conflicts(Adam Makos, New York Times–bestselling author of A Higher Call). Four-War Boer traces Pieter Krueler’s highly colorful life from the Second Boer War, where he first served as a fourteen-year-old scout, to his service in World War I with the German army in East Africa to the Spanish Civil War to World War II, this time with the Allies, and on into the latter part of the twentieth century, when he served as a mercenary during the 1960s Congo Crisis. Later, in his eighties, he became a civilian trainer for the original Selous Scouts of Rhodesia and, later still, a trainer for South African commandos. The book follows Krueler through a remarkable career that included, among other adventures, leading native African soldiers on extremely dangerous missions in the Belgian Congo; volunteering as a mercenary during the Spanish Civil War, during which he worked with the Pyrenees Basque movement; serving as a coast watcher to keep South Africa safe from German incursion; and fighting alongside Michael Hoare during the 1960s Congo Crisis. A chapter is devoted to the formation of Rhodesia’s highly elite Selous Scouts, along with highlights of several previously classified missions. This material includes a wealth of new information, and breaks the secrecy surrounding Rhodesian and South African special operations, as unveiled through the experience of a man who was a founding father of counterinsurgency in Africa. Based on six years of historical research through hard-to-find secondary and published primary sources, as well as extensive interviews with Krueler himself, and interviews with German officers and others who knew and worked with him, this biography is filled with extensive first-person testimony that gives it the immediacy of a memoir.
Bridport and the Great War
Author: J. W. Rowson
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Category : Bridport (Dorset)
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Category : Bridport (Dorset)
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Societies of the Plains Indians
Author: Clark Wissler
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Category : Indian dance
Languages : en
Pages : 1282
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Category : Indian dance
Languages : en
Pages : 1282
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Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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Societies of the Crow, Hidatsa and Mandan Indians
Author: Alanson Skinner
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Category : Arikara Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
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Category : Arikara Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
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Anthropological Papers
Author: Clark Wissler
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Societies and Ceremonial Associations in the Oglala Division of the Teton-Dakota
Author: Clark Wissler
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Category : Indian dance
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
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Category : Indian dance
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
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Social Organization and Ritualistic Ceremonies of the Blackfoot Indians
Author: Clark Wissler
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Category : Indian mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Category : Indian mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Pages : 598
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Ceremonial Bundles of the Blackfoot Indians
Author: Clark Wissler
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Category : Siksika Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Category : Siksika Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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