Siege At Jadotville: The Irish Army's Forgotten Battle - Couverture souple

Power, Declan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0954870719 ISBN 13 : 9780954870713

Editeur : Maverick House, 2005

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Declan Power is a security and defense analyst who has worked throughout Africa and the Middle East. He was a career soldier who served in the three combat arms of the Irish Army, attended the military college, and served within the higher echelons of Defence Headquarters.

Gerard Doyle was born of Irish parents and raised in Hertfordshire, England. In Great Britain he has enjoyed an extensive career in both television and repertory theater and toured nationally and internationally with the English Shakespeare Company. He has appeared in London s West End in the gritty musical The Hired Man. In America he has appeared on Broadway in The Weir and on television in New York Undercover and Law & Order. A seasoned narrator of audiobooks, he has been awarded eleven AudioFile Earphones Awards and in 2006 won the prestigious Audie Award for his reading of Blackstone s recording of The Dead Yard by Adrian McKinty. He lives with his wife and two children in Sag Harbor, New York.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The inspiration for the hit film starring Jamie Dornan!

Siege at Jadotville is Declan Power's acclaimed book on the men of A Company, 35th Battalion of the Defence Forces, who were deployed to protect the inhabitants of the village of Jadotville in the Congo in 1961.

Days after their deployment, A Company found themselves out-numbered and engaged in a pitched battle with native Congolese soldiers led by white mercenary officers. In addition to the overwhelming odds, A Company also had to contend with being strafed by a jet with no anti-aircraft defences to defend themselves.

Appeals for re-supply from UN forces went unheard. A number of attempts by Irish troops deployed in the vicinity failed. After firing their last round of ammunition and engaging in hand-to-hand-combat, Comdt Patrick Quinlan decided against the needless death of his men and ordered them to surrender.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Maverick House
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0954870719
• ISBN 13: 9780954870713
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible