My friend the mercenary
By: James Brabazon
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9780802119759
Subjects: Politics and government; Mercenary troops; Friends and associates; Journalists; Coups d'e tat; British; Political activity; Mercenary soldiers; Biography; History
Description: Describes how an unlikely friendship forged between the author, a British journalist, and Nick Du Toit, his bodyguard and a notorious mercenary, during Liberia's civil war led to a covert plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Canongate Books Ltd, Edinburgh, Scotland"--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: Shake hands with the devil; title: Dead presidents; title: A journey without maps; title: Spider house rules; title: University of bullet; title: Whisky papa; title: Charnel house; title: The great escape; title: A stranger's hand; title: Blood brothers; title: Wanderlust; title: The revolution will be televised; title: Too tough to die; title: Arms and the Mann; title: Simon says; title: Lawyers, guns and money; title: Congo mercenary; title: The end.