Into Africa. The Selous Scouts

The Extraordinary Story of Rhodesia's Legendary Fighting Force

von Gordon Wallis

204 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

THEY WERE THE MOST SECRETIVE AND UNCONVENTIONAL MILITARY UNITS OF THE RHODESIAN BUSH WAR.

Their mission was extraordinary.

To find the enemy, they became the enemy.

The Selous Scouts operated in a shadowy world of deception, intelligence and pseudo warfare. Wearing the clothing of the guerrillas they hunted, carrying their weapons and learning their language, habits and methods, small teams disappeared into the African bush and penetrated insurgent networks from within.

Some of the men had once been guerrillas themselves.

Others were black and white Rhodesian soldiers trained to survive in a world where a wrong word, an unfamiliar mannerism or a moment's hesitation could expose an entire team.

What began as a small experiment became one of the most remarkable military formations of the African wars.

The Scouts infiltrated guerrilla networks, tracked men through some of the wildest country in Southern Africa and supplied intelligence that could bring Rhodesian Fireforce helicopters screaming out of the sky.

Then they went further.

Across the border.

Into Mozambique.

Disguised columns drove deep into hostile territory. Reconnaissance teams operated far from help. At Nyadzonya, fewer than a hundred Scouts carried out an operation that would become both one of the most audacious and one of the most controversial actions of the war.

But behind the extraordinary operations was a darker and more complicated story.

Captured guerrillas were turned against their former comrades. Trust itself became a weapon. Secret operations crossed into increasingly dangerous territory as a brutal war intensified around them.

And while the Selous Scouts became extraordinarily effective at finding and destroying their enemy, Rhodesia itself was running out of time.

Into Africa: The Selous Scouts tells the remarkable true story of the men behind the legend, from the first experimental pseudo teams of 1973 to the final days of Rhodesia and the moment the famous badge came off.

It explores the operations that made the Scouts famous, the methods that made them feared, the controversies that followed them and the extraordinary military idea at the heart of their success.

Nearly half a century later, military historians are still fascinated by them.

How did such a small and short-lived regiment acquire such an enduring reputation?

And what was it really like to enter the African bush knowing that survival depended upon convincing the enemy that you were one of his own?

There is only one way to find out.

ENTER THE SECRET WORLD OF THE SELOUS SCOUTS.

Turn the first page and discover one of the most extraordinary stories in African military history.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798176308440
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published