The book covers the author's 27 years as a Policeman in Africa and the Middle East. From Desert to Rain Forest, villages to Capital cities, its all there.
An interesting insight into the use of "Pseudo" gangs to counter insurrections by terrorists who sometimes had external assistance. Detailed accounts of attacks carried out aginst armed gangs in hostile terrain.In the Cities there are technical operations and counter-espionage operations against Foreign Intelligence Services.
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We crossed Kenya's north-eastern border into the Somali Republic. Our mission was to attack a Shifta camp whose occupants had been carrying out raids into Kenya.
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Derek Franklin's well written account of the Mau Mau troubles in Kenya is if value both to the casual reader as well as to Historians and students.It gives a clear view of the troubles brought about by one tribe-the Kikuyu-It allows the reader to decide without interference from hindsight whether the Mau Mau was a freedom movement or a dissident group within one historically turbulent tribe.The value of Franklin's book is made clear by reference to him in the BBC Radio 4 programme "Death in the Bush"(broadcast on the 6th March,1999) and Channel 4 TV broadcast "Secret History"(broadcast on 24th August,1999.Franklin himself appeared on both programmes
A touching, loving and spirtual insight of the dying process, filled with peace, smiles and starting on their journey, taking me with them as far as I could go, returning back with something I didn't have before. Will be out early in 2010..on Kindle
