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Congo Mercenary

By: Mike Hoare
Narrated by: Mike Hoare
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Col. Mike Hoare tells how his force of mercenaries, 5 Commando, put down a Comunist-backed rebel uprising in the Congo. As they restored law and order, town by town, he and his men freed 1,800 nuns and priests. His men also learned what it means to be real soldiers.

©1967 Mike Hoare (P)2012 Mike Hoare 20th Century Africa Military & War Modern Military

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"This well-written and well-illustrated book gives an accurate and useful account of the military response to the [Congolese] rebellion." ( The Daily Telegraph)
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Excellent account of 5 Commando's involvement in the Congo. Hoare is surprisingly honest regarding his shortcomings, and also quite funny at times

Excellent

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At first I found the narration somewhat hard to listen to, it's full of audible paper shuffling and the odd flub of a line. But soon I found myself completely endeared to the narrator , the venerable late mike hoar. It felt like listening to your grandfather tell war stories. I really loved it.

An absolute blast!

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Excellent book, great to hear it read by the man himself. An interesting eye opener on some of the more recent events in African history.

Superb

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I throughly enjoyed this book and Mad Mike isn't so mad after all. He narrates his own book matter-of-factly and runs through some harrowing and sad tales without much emotion. One can only imagine what he had been through. RIP good man.

High Adventure in darkest Africa

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The author is quite full of himself and his own achievements while apparently unconcerned about the killing of innocent people and looting civilian properties. There surely would be a strong case to prosecute him with war crimes.

Strange & Slightly Boring

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