{"product_id":"selous-scouts-rhodesian-counterinsurgency-specialists-africawar-9781907677380","title":"Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (Africa@War)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Its members consisted of some of the finest guerrilla-fighting men in the western world  unconventional in many ways  disregardful of parade-ground discipline  unorthodox in their dress  yet a force so tightly knit in the face of danger that those who knew anything about them could only marvel\" - The Citizen.  Formed in 1973 by the legendary Lieutenant-Colonel Ron Reid-Daly at the behest of Rhodesian military supremo General Peter Walls  the Selous Scouts were to write their name into the annals of military history as one of the finest counterinsurgency units of all time  through their innovative pseudo-guerrilla tactics  brilliant reconnaissance operations into Zambia and Botswana and daring flying-column raids into Mozambique.  Feared and hated by the liberation movements ZIPRA and ZANLA  the Scouts wreaked untold havoc and destruction on their Soviet- and Chinese-backed enemies  accounting for 68% of guerrilla casualties within Rhodesia alone during the bitter bush war of the 1970s. Uniquely ahead of its time  the regimen - a brotherhood of men that traversed cultural and racial barriers; their Shona motto was Pamwe Chete (together only) - was to produce the type of soldier that earned for the unit one Grand Cross of Valour  nine Silver Crosses and 22 Bronze Crosses of Rhodesia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279596216373,"sku":"ByrdShop_1907677380","price":86.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781907677380.jpg?v=1780603306","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/selous-scouts-rhodesian-counterinsurgency-specialists-africawar-9781907677380","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}