Cry havoc

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"On 7 March 2004, former SAS soldier and mercenary Simon Mann prepared to take off from Harare International Airport with an aeroplane full of heavy weaponry and guns for hire. Their destination: the former Spanish colony of Equatorial Guinea. Their mission: to remove one of the most brutal dictators in Africa in a privately organised coup d'état. The plot had the tacit approval of Western intelligence agencies and, according to Mann, the backing of a European government. Simon Mann had persona…

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Title Statements

Full title :Cry havoc / Simon Mann.

Summary

"On 7 March 2004, former SAS soldier and mercenary Simon Mann prepared to take off from Harare International Airport with an aeroplane full of heavy weaponry and guns for hire. Their destination: the former Spanish colony of Equatorial Guinea. Their mission: to remove one of the most brutal dictators in Africa in a privately organised coup d'état. The plot had the tacit approval of Western intelligence agencies and, according to Mann, the backing of a European government. Simon Mann had personally planned, overseen, and won two wars in Angola and Sierra Leone. Everything should have gone right. Why, then, did it go so wrong?"--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Blake
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

Notes

'When I set out to overthrow an African tyrant, I knew I would either make billions of end up getting shot ... '--Cover.

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 351 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (some color), plans, portraits, maps ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781843584032, 1843584034
oclc:ocn973610029
LC Classification:DT620.83.M36
Dewey Decimal:967.18032092

Subjects

Coups d'État Coups d'état -- Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea -- History -- Attempt… Equatorial Guinea -- Politics and gover… Guinée équatoriale -- Politique et gouv… History Mann, Simon Mercenaires -- Activité politique -- Gu… Mercenary troops -- Political activity … Politics and government Since 1979