Description: The Road to Kalamata: A Congo Mercenary's Personal Memoir by Mike Hoare HC DJ. The Road to Kalamata is the real-life adventure story of the 4 Commando team of mercenary soldiers, as told by their leader, Col. Mike Hoare. At the close of 1960, the newly formed independent state of Katanga in central Africa recruited Hoare and his team to suppress a rebellion by the Baluba, a fierce tribe of warriors rumored to be cannibals and known to torture and dismember any enemy soldiers unlucky enough to be captured. The events recounted in this book occurred in the Congo during the Katanga campaign of 1961. With insight that only an officer with extensive battlefield experience can bring to this subject, Colonel Hoare chronicles the metamorphosis of 4 Commando from a loose assembly of individuals into a highly organized fighting unit, while also taking the reader inside the minds and hearts of men who sell their military skills for money. What emerges is a compelling and complex portrait of genuine adventurers, "a breed of men which," writes Hoare, "has almost vanished from the face of the earth." Hard cover with dust jacket, 132 pages, 21 black & white photos. Very good condition, please see photos. Shipping will combine automatically at checkout.
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Publication Year: 1989
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: The Road to Kalamata
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Author: MIke Hoare
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Publisher: Lexington Books
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Foreign Militaries
Subject: Military & War
