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An edition of My friend the mercenary (2010)

My friend the mercenary

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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.

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457

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Subjects

Politics and government, Mercenary troops, Friends and associates, Journalists, Coups d'e tat, British, Political activity, Mercenary soldiers, Biography, History, Coups d'état, War correspondents, Journalists, biography, Liberia, history, Great britain, biography, Africa, biography, Histoire, Coups d'État, Mercenaires, Biographies, Correspondants de guerre, Journalistes, Equatorial guinea, British, africa, Africa, politics and government

People

Nick Du Toit, James Brabazon (1972-), James Barbazon

Places

Liberia, Great Britain, Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Guinée équatoriale, Afrique, Grande-Bretagne

Times

1979-, 21st century, Civil War, 1999-2003, 1999-2003 (Guerre civile), 21e siècle

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Cover of: My friend the mercenary
My friend the mercenary
2012, Harper Perennial
in English
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My Friend the Mercenary: A Memoir
2012, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
in English
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Cover of: My Friend the Mercenary
My Friend the Mercenary: A Memoir
2011, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
in English
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Cover of: My friend the mercenary
My friend the mercenary
2010
in English
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My friend the mercenary
2010, Canongate
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Cover of: My Friend the Mercenary
My Friend the Mercenary: A Memoir
2010, Canongate Books
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Table of Contents

Shake hands with the devil
Dead presidents
A journey without maps
Spider house rules
University of bullet
Whisky papa
Charnel house
The great escape
A stranger's hand
Blood brothers
Wanderlust
The revolution will be televised
Too tough to die
Arms and the Mann
Simon says
Lawyers, guns and money
Congo mercenary
The end.

Edition Notes

"First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Canongate Books Ltd, Edinburgh, Scotland"--Title page verso.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
967.1803/2092, B
Library of Congress
DT620.83.D88 B37 2010, PN5123.B56 A3 2010, PN5123.B56 A3 2011

The Physical Object

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457 pages :
Number of pages
457

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OL26350765M
Internet Archive
myfriendmercenar00jame
ISBN 10
0802119751
ISBN 13
9780802119759
LCCN
2012454680
OCLC/WorldCat
648922239

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