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'Fireforce' will be to the Rhodesian War what Remarque's 'All Quiet on the Western Front' was to WWI. --Jim Mitchell, The StarOf the many books that are appearing dealing with Rhodesia and the war years, this is probably the best. --Armed Forces South Africa

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About the Author

CHRIS COCKS was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia in 1957 and served three years and 28 days as a combat NCO with 3 Commando, the Rhodesian Light Infantry (the RLI, an airborne/airmobile unit), from 1976 to 1979. He was then offered a farming job in the country’s Lowveld; however, the army refused to countenance a waiver of call-ups, so he attested into the British South Africa Police and spent the remaining 14 months of the bush war as a PATU (Police Anti-Terrorist Unit) stick leader and avoiding the Military Police. He moved to Johannesburg in 1996 and stumbled into a publishing career, specializing in southern African military history. He has written four books: the bestselling Fireforce: One Man’s War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry, its sequel Out of Action, a steamy novel Cyclone Blues, and co-wrote The Saints, the RLI’s history. He is the historian for The Rhodesian Light Infantry Regimental Association and edits its magazine, The Cheetah.

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Product details

Paperback: 320 pages

Publisher: 30 Degrees South Publishers; 4Rev Ed edition (September 1, 2009)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0958489092

ISBN-13: 978-0958489096

Product Dimensions:

6 x 1 x 8.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds

Average Customer Review:

4.2 out of 5 stars

126 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#751,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Written from an infantryman's perspective, this memoir of the Rhodesian Bush War takes the reader from intake to demobilization in a way that academic texts cannot replicate. The writer is no literature professor or other detached intellectual - he's was a grunt, a ground pounder, an Infantryman in one of the finest light infantry outfits in modern history. His accounts take the reader right down into the action, with no glorification or Hollywood style drama.This is an episode of history that more people could stand to read about, most especially for the facts surrounding the fall of Rhodesia, and the culpability of the west in helping the Communists to topple the last of the western style democracies in Africa.

In the introduction, it is claimed that Chris Cocks' FireForce was to the Rhodesian Bush War as All Quiet on the Western Front is to World War I. At first I dismissed this statement as self-boasting, however I was to find this was actually an accurate comparison. Both are well written, amazing, tragic stories of war as witnessed through the eyes of a young soldier.Now I myself have served 4 years in the US Regular Army- Active Duty. My service included a 12 month tour of duty in South Korea, and a 12 month deployment to Ramadi, Iraq, and I am currently serving in the Army National Guard. With this being so, I felt I could easily connect with the author's stories. His description of military life mirrors my own experiences in many respects (not talking about the intense close quarters combat the author described of course!). If this book was to be read by someone with no military experience, they may have difficulty understanding various military jargon and what not, but I doubt this would prevent one from enjoying the book none-the-less.I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the recent past in regards to the decolonization of Africa, the oft forgotten Rhodesian Bush War, or just interested in the counter-insurgency tactics employed by the RLI, tactics described greatly within the book and tactics that are studied today by American commanders in Afghanistan and elsewhere.I feel this book should be more popular then it already is, as I can't find any faults with it. It is neither outright pro-, nor anti-war, and written well enough to be enjoyed by all.

I bought this book because a Rhodesian friend of mine fought against the rebels in this war and I wanted to learn something about it. I'm not sure it would be as interesting to one who has no hint of personal connection to that conflict. It's sort of like reading the author's diary of what happened to him and his various sticks in the hundreds of actions in which he took part, almost daily, over several years. It includes not only details of his personal involvement and reactions, but also a lot of information about the military situation as he knew it in various parts of the country, as well as the names and stories of other soldiers who fought alongside him, and too often died. You watch him go from an untried young recruit, to an experienced fighter, to battle-weary soldier who finally only wants to be done. It's a look from the inside at both the bravery and the brutality that soldiers experience.

I, like most Americans, knew almost nothing of the Bush War that marked the end of Rhodesia and the beginning of Zimbabwe. But here you will find a moving account of what one man experienced in that conflict.Obviously Chris Cocks is not an author, and the editors, at least of the kindle version haven't done him any proofreading favors. But overlook that and you'll find a man with something to say on war, life and coming of age in the most brutal way possible. Full of interesting characters and amusing stories, Cocks also tells us about man's inhumanity to his fellow man, on both sides.This isn't a romantic adventure story. You'll come away torn at how much you like and at the same time disapprove of these men. But their fight for their country, even if we in the West disowned it, even if the fundamental principles it was built on were unjust, is compelling reading for anyone.

The good and the bad. The author tells about atrocities committed on both sides. You do get the feeling that the guerrillas committed the atrocities as a simple matter of policy, while the Rhodesian (RLI) for the most part tried to avoid them ( except for a few unstable individuals). This was a question I had been asking myself. As usual, it was the poor innocent people in the middle who took the brunt from both sides.The bad is that the typos are so bad that whole words ore often gibberish. Anyone who has not studied foreign languages (where it is common to compensate for unknown words) might have a rough time with this text. It was literally so bad, that I had to treat it as nearly a foreign language sometimes just try for context. On the other hand, if you fight through it, you will be rewarded with an honest account of what really went on among all the massive current propaganda about the war (ie. The idea that the guerrillas were gallant freedom fighters, or that the Rhodesian armed forces were aethical, etc).Recommended if you can get through all the typos.

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