Real Soldiers of Fortune
Author | : Richard Harding Davis |
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Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Biography |
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Author | : Richard Harding Davis |
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Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Biography |
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Author | : Richard Harding Davis |
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Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1905 |
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Author | : Richard Harding Davis |
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Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Biography |
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Author | : Max Siollun |
Publisher | : Hurst & Company |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2019-08-29 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1787382028 |
In the cataclysmic decade that is the focus of this book, Nigeria was subject to several near-death experiences. These began when the country nearly tore itself apart after the northern-led military government annulled the results of a 1993 presidential election won by the southerner Moshood Abiola, and ended with former military ruler General Olusegun Obasanjo being the unlikely conduit of democracy. This mini-history of a nation's life also reflects on three mesmerizing protagonists who personified that era. First up is Abiola: the multi-billionaire businessman who had his election victory voided by the generals who made him rich, and who was later assassinated. General Sani Abacha was the mysterious, reclusive ruler under whose watch Abiola was arrested and pro-democracy activists (including Abiola's wife) were murdered. He also oversaw a terrifying Orwellian state security operation. Although Abacha is today reviled as a tyrant, the author eschews selective amnesia, reminding Nigerians that they goaded him into seizing power. The third protagonist is Obasanjo, who emerged from prison to return to power as an elected civilian leader. The penumbra of military rule still looms over Nigeria nearly twenty years after the soldiers departed, and key personalities featured in this book remain in government, including the current president.
Author | : Richard Harding Davis |
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Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 1897 |
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Author | : Jana DeLeon |
Publisher | : Jana DeLeon |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2015-03-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1940270200 |
Author | : Richard Harding Davis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781985165298 |
Real Soldiers of Fortune by Richard Harding Davis is a rare manuscript, the original residing in some of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, typed out and formatted to perfection, allowing new generations to enjoy the work. Publishers of the Valley's mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life.
Author | : Alan Byrne |
Publisher | : SAF Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2006-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780946719815 |
"A respectful, but vibrant account of Lynott's rambunctious life and sad end whets the appetite." Uncut ****
Author | : Robert K. Brown |
Publisher | : Casemate |
Total Pages | : 463 |
Release | : 2013-07-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1612001947 |
The founder of Soldier of Fortune magazine tells his own story, from Green Beret to trailblazing combat zone journalist. In 1975, former Green Beret Robert K. Brown found his true calling as the publisher of an upstart magazine called Soldier of Fortune. Brown pushed the bounds of journalism with his untamed brand of reporting—a camera in one hand, a gun in the other. He quickly established a worldwide community as his notorious magazine drew the avid attention of action-seekers across the globe. Brown and his combat journalists embedded themselves with anti-Communist guerillas and freedom fighters, often training and fighting alongside the groups they reported on. Brown himself accompanied teams to work and fight with the Rhodesians; the Afghans during the Afghan-Russo war; Christian Phalange in Lebanon; ethnic minority Karens in Burma; the ethnic tribes fighting the Communist government of Laos; the army of El Salvador; and the armed forces of struggling Croatia. Brown also sent medical teams to Burma, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Afghanistan, Bosnia, El Salvador. and Nicaragua, as well as Peru after a devastating earthquake. In I Am Soldier of Fortune, the exploits of Brown and his veteran teams are revealed for the first time in all their gonzo glory, even as the US military, public, and polite diplomatic society sometimes shunned their endeavors.
Author | : Richard Harding Richard Harding Davis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2021-11-13 |
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Real Soldiers of Fortune by Richard Harding Davis