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 FIREFORCE
One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry
by Chris Cocks
Fireforce is the compelling, brutal account of Chris Cocks' service
in 3 Commando, the Rhodesian Light Infantry, during Zimbabwe's bitter
civil war of the 1970s - a conflict that came to be known simply
as "the bush war." The book's title refers to a tactic
of total airborne envelopment developed and perfected by the RLI,
together with the Selous Scouts and the Rhodesian Air Force, that
became the principal strike weapon of the beleaguered Rhodesian
forces in their struggle against the overwhelming tide of the Communist-trained
and -equipped ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas. This book is not for the
squeamish. It blends the intrinsic pathos and humor peculiar to
war with face-to-face combat in the bush and death at point-blank
range. Now, here is your chance to read what several critics have
called the best book on the Rhodesian War ever written.
Chris Cocks served with the Rhodesian Light Infantry from 1976-1979
in continuous combat situations. He drifted for the next 20 years
before becoming a full-time writer and publisher in Johannesburg.
$30.00
Softcover 978-1-58160-615-7 368 pages 6"
x 9" photos
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 KGB
ALPHA TEAM TRAINING MANUAL
How The Soviets
Trained For Personal Combat, Assassination, And Subversion
a K.G.B. Manual A rare glimpse into how Soviet Spetsnaz and KGB
units protected and defended their country from perceived enemies
– inside and outside its borders. Includes special sections
for Alpha Teams on assassination, sabotage and kidnapping.
$30.00
Softcover 978-0-87364-706-9 320 pages 5.5"
x 8.5" photos, illust.
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 RANGER
HANDBOOK
a U.S. Army Manual Paladin is now offering the most up-to-date
version in print of the famed U.S. Army Ranger Handbook. This manual
draws from bloody lessons learned from two centuries of special
operations combat. Crammed with info on demolitions, booby traps,
communications, patrolling, tactical movement, battle drills, combat
intelligence and much more.
$24.95
Softcover 978-1-58160-568-6 448 pages 5.5"
x 8.5" illustrations
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 SHADOW
WAR
The CIA's Secret War In Laos
by Kenneth Conboy, with James Morrison This is the first comprehensive
history of the CIA's largest paramilitary operation during the cold
war. It took 10 years to write and involved interviews with 650
CIA case officers, U.S. military officials, and senior Lao, Thai
and North Vietnamese officers. Includes outstanding photos and maps
and never-before-reported details on the secret war in Laos.
$50.00
Softcover 978-1-58160-535-8 464 pages 8.5"
x 11" photos, illust.
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 SOE
SECRET OPERATIONS MANUAL
a Paladin Press Manual This rare document is the original used
to train special agents dropped behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied
Europe during World War II. Used by the British Special Operations
Executive (SOE) and its American counterpart, the Office of Strategic
Services (OSS), it is an authentic, word-for-word reproduction obtained
from a former operative with the clandestine services. It includes
sections on ciphers, propaganda, selection of targets, methods of
attack, passive resistance, the liaison agent, interrogation and
more. The forerunner of all U.S. government guides to sabotage,
propaganda, interrogation, burglary and other dirty tricks, this
extraordinary historical document makes for riveting reading.
$25.00
Softcover 978-0-87364-744-1 272 pages 5.5"
x 8.5"
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 THE
BRITISH COMMANDOS
The Origins and Special Training of an Elite Unit
by James Dunning
In June 1940, the invasion of Great Britain by the Nazi war machine
was imminent. But in the midst of plans to defend the country
from the might of Hitler's Wehrmacht, British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill's vision was to take the fight to the enemy - harass
them in Europe with small, specially trained raiding parties that
would boldly attack targets along the extended Nazi-held European
coastline, from Norway to France. Paladin Press is honored to
reissue this historic book, originally published in Britain under
the title It Had to Be Tough. Written in the style of a warrior
who fought in the largest and possibly the most important conflict
in human history, The British Commandos reminds us that irregular
warfare is not new and that the winners are often those who "train
hard, fight easy."
$20.00
Softcover 978-1-58160-612-6 224 pages 5.5"
x 8.5" photos
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 THE
BUSH WAR IN RHODESIA
The Extraordinary Combat
Memoir of a Rhodesian Reconnaissance Specialist
by Dennis Croukamp The Rhodesian Bush War. It was a ferocious guerrilla
warfare campaign between the regular and elite units of the Rhodesian
Army doing battle against Communist-backed terrorist groups in the
valleys, jungles and bush country of Rhodesia, Mozambique and Zambia.
Warrant Officer Dennis Croukamp fought in the conflict from its
beginnings in the 1960s to the very end in 1979, and his combat
memoir is an extraordinary chronicle of that bitter struggle from
inside some of the most highly regarded elite combat units to ever
take the field.
In The Bush War in Rhodesia, Croukamp chronicles his eventful service
with the Rhodesian Regular Army, the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI)
and the Selous Scouts Reconnaisance Troop as he took part in cross-border
reconnaissance operations, HALO jumps behind enemy lines, urban
ops in the townships of Salisbury, raids, ambushes, demolition missions,
prisoner snatches and more. And through it all, Croukamp brought
along a camera, providing a remarkable visual documentation of this
little-known war.
This searingly honest, action-packed memoir is sure to become a
classic, ground-level account of the bloody "bush wars"
of Africa.
Dennis Croukamp excelled in combat, earning Rhodesia's third highest
award, the Bronze Cross, for gallantry under fire; becoming the
first warrant officer in the history of the RLI to command a troop;
and surviving an epic, six-day E&E from behind enemy lines.
$35.00
Softcover 978-1-58160-614-0 482 pages 6"
x 9" photos
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