Fireforce: One Man's War in the Rhodesia Light Infantry
- ISBN-10
- 158160615X
- ISBN-13
- 9781581606157
- Category
- Guerrilla warfare
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-07-01
- Publisher
- Paladin Press
- Author
- Chris Cocks
Description
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.
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