The White Tribe

Moore, Robin

ISBN 10: 1879915030 / ISBN 13: 9781879915039

Published by Affiliated Writers of America, Encampment, Wyoming, 1991

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xvi, 522, [6] pages. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription has recipient's last name blacked out. Inscription reads to To Mike XXXX with best wishes Robin Moore My days as an 'ambusher' in Africa. Follows the actions of former Green Berets and other American combat veterans as they join in the fight for a moderate democratic government in Rhodesia in the 1970s. Robert Lowell Moore Jr. (October 31, 1925 - February 21, 2008) was an American writer who wrote The Green Berets, The White Tribe, The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy, and with Xaviera Hollander and Yvonne Dunleavy, The Happy Hooker: My Own Story. Moore co-authored the lyrics for the "Ballad of the Green Berets", which was one of the major hit songs of 1966. His last book, Wars of the Green Berets, co-authored with Col. Mike 'Doc' Lennon, was released in June 2007. During the 1970s and '80s, Moore traveled widely, spending time in such places as Dubai, Iran, Rhodesia, and Russia. Having gathered the information needed, he wrote The Crippled Eagles (later published as The White Tribe) and The Moscow Connection. Due to political controversy, The Crippled Eagles did not appear until the early 1990s. He also wrote the nonfiction books Rhodesia and Major Mike (with U.S. Army Major Mike Williams). While researching what became The Crippled Eagles, in 1976 Moore established what he called the "Unofficial US Embassy" in Salisbury, and began hosting events for the American volunteers who were serving in the Rhodesian Security Forces as well as doctoral students. Derived from commentary in the Library Journal: It's 1976 and the Crippled Eagles, former Green Berets, are fighting as mercenaries in the Rhodesian army. The enemy is the Patriotic Front led by Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo. Roger Masefield, an American author, goes to Rhodesia to tell the story of these Americans and the Rhodesian war, but instead is used as a cover for agents working to overthrow Ian Smith's government. Their goal is to put the Patriotic Front in power. Moore, author of The Green Berets, has written a fast-moving story of guerrilla warfare, deceit, and the betrayal of the Rhodesian government by its supposed friends.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The White Tribe
• Publisher: Affiliated Writers of America, Encampment, Wyoming
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1879915030
• ISBN 13: 9781879915039
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Randy Galloway
• Edition: Presumed First Edition, First printing.
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Special Forces
  • Terrorism
  • Special Operations
  • Torture
  • CIA

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Synopsis

Follows the actions of former Green Berets and other American combat veterans as they join in the fight for a moderate democratic government in Rhodesia in the 1970s

Reviews

It's 1976 and the Crippled Eagles, former Green Berets, are fighting as mercenaries in the Rhodesian army. The enemy is the Patriotic Front led by Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo. Roger Masefield, an American author, goes to Rhodesia to tell the story of these Americans and the Rhodesian war, but instead is used as a cover for agents working to overthrow Ian Smith's government. Their goal is to put the Patriotic Front in power. Moore, author of The Green Berets (Ballantine, 1985. pap.), has written a fast-moving story of guerrilla warfare, deceit, and the betrayal of the Rhodesian government by its supposed friends. The parallels to South Africa today are frightening. Recommended.
- Karen Stewart, Colorado Leg islative Council Lib., Denver
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