Africa Lost: Rhodesia's COIN Killing Machine

Dan Tharp · SOFREP · Brandon Webb

Aug 2013 · Sold by St. Martin's Press

About this eBook

US military veteran and historian Dan Tharp's Africa Lost tells the inside story of some of the greatest special operators you've never heard of.

Some of the most explosive combat in Special Operations history is almost completely unknown to the Western World. Everyone knows about Navy SEALs and Green Berets but nobody knows about the deep recce, sabotage, and direct action missions conducted by the Rhodesian SAS. The Rhodesian Light Infantry was a killing machine, participating in combat jumps every night during the heat of the Bush War. The Selous Scouts were perhaps the most innovative and daring unconventional warfare unit in history which would pair white soldiers with turncoat black "former" terrorists who would then infiltrate enemy camps.

Ratings and reviews

His visibly racial biase just oozes out unmasked, unfettered and uncompromising. Terrorists??? people who just wanted the right to vote, self governece, the end to ratial segregation and a more egalitarian society. jesus this book is so full of crap i cant stomach it

A bit of a boys own title, where the Rhodesians beat their enemies in the field and still lost their country, alldue to insidious Britain

Incredible how people still think the Rhodesian war and border wars of south africa was about liberation, it wasnt the people are far worse off, secondly it was against communist take over of aftica its Southetn most tip which is main shipping artery to the west during the cold war, and its strategic importance geographicaly it wasnt about liberation but take over by communist block

About the author

DAN THARP has spent over 30 years studying military history, beginning with a book given to him at nine years of age about the history of the United States Marine Corps. After serving in the United States Navy he obtained a degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in Ancient History, focusing on the Roman and Greek military. His study of the conflicts in Southern Africa began with reading an article about the ‘Crippled Eagles,' a group of Americans who continued to battle communism in the nation of Rhodesia after the Vietnam War. After numerous articles for SOFREP.com and two successful novels, Task Force Intrepid: The Gold of Katanga and TFI: Highway to Hell, Africa Lost is his first in a series on the Cold War waged in Rhodesia and South Africa.

SOFREP.com is the #1 site on the Internet for news and information as it relates to the Special Operations and Intelligence community. In a very short time, SOFREP has become a legitimate source of alternative non partisan news media. The editors of SOFREP are from the US military Special Operations and Intelligence communities, and most have over a decade of operational experience that sets them apart from typical journalists.