Obe Tim Spicer (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clea with light toning. Good DJ with light wear.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New (now in mylar sleeve). 1st edition. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2", 240 pages. Spicer's entertaining account of modern soldiering in peace and war looks at the creation of private military companies, and concludes with his troubling forecast for the dangerous world that lies ahead in the new millennium. 16 b/w and color photographs (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A Near Fine First Edition copy in an unclipped and protected DJ.

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover dust wrapper, 240pp, colour plates. A little wear on edges of dw, free board corners mildly bumped, page edges lightly browned; a good copy. Tim Spicer has always led an exciting and controversial life. Once one of Britain's leading battalion commanders and head of Sandline International, one of the world's foremost private military companies, he spent most of 25 years seeking action and adventure in the British Army as an officer in one of its crack regiments, the Scots Guards. Spicer served several tours in Northern Ireland, for which he was awarded an OBE. During the Falklands War he was Operations Officer with the Scots Guards. Before leaving the Army he served with the UN contingent in Bosnia. In this fast-moving account of his life, Tim Spicer describes all the events surrounding the catastrophe in Papua New Guinea, when he was captured at gunpoint and held in captivity - and came away with his life, his men .and $36 million dollars. Here too is the truth about the notorious "Arms for Africa" affair -the Sandline Affair of 1996, which tied Robin Cook, the Foreign Office and Customs and Excise in an almighty knot over whether Sandline had broken a UN embargo on supplying arms to the legitimate government-in-exile of Sierra Leone. Spicer's entertaining account of modern soldiering looks at the creation of private military companies - the modern legitimate version of the old mercenaries.…

hardcover. Condition: As New.

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Hardcover. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.