
Soldier of Fortune: The Deadliest Magazine Ever (with Billy Wayne Davis)
Behind the Bastards
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The Rise and Fall of the Rhodesian Army
Soldier of Fortune magazine ran a series of lurid articles about the American volunteers already fighting in Rhodesia. Interviews with these men focused on the failures of the US to stop communism from getting a foothold in Africa. One mercenary was quoted as saying, what we have here is an ideal core of white people who are able to raise the standard of living among the Africans.
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