Description
In 1973, Sandy Sanderson attended the School of Infantry in Gwelo, in what was then central Rhodesia, for officer training. Now, more than 40 years on, he has written a book based on the diary he kept. The result is a frank, detailed and sometimes humorous account of the training as it happened. The book will be intriguing to people from all parts of the world with an interest in the military.
In June 1977, Time magazine commented, ?Man for man, the Rhodesian
Army ranks amongst the world's finest fighting units?. If this were true the
training must surely have contributed. Recruits were trained by some of
the toughest and most experienced military instructors in the world, all of
whom possessed a varied, if profane, vocabulary. As Sandy put it, ?Any
Rhodesian drill instructor could string a sentence together consisting
entirely of expletives, apart from the odd indefinite article, and make
perfect sense?. In spite of this they were hugely respected and their
expertise undoubtedly saved many lives.
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Publisher -
Author(s) - Sandy Sanderson
Paperback
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781861513342
Dimensions - 20.3 x 12.7 x 2.3 cm
Page Count - 286
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