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# Fire Force: A Trooper's War In The Rhodesian Light Infantry

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Review: Cocks the author has been there, done that.... - I really enjoyed reading the book. Nothing is omitted, and it leaves nothing to the reader’s imagination, including the descriptive horrors of Africa. The author was a young, junior NCO in the Rhodesian Light Infantry which saw heavy combat against the insurgents. This newly revised edition (Kindle) has been completely re-written and it’s excellent!
Review: Memorable story of the Rhodesian Bush War - The book is about a young man who joins one of the most fierce, experienced, and highly effective counter insurgency armies ever created in human history The Rhodesian Army. I know there are many books that can explain to you the deep political drama and events which most of the domestic and the international public see. But in this book we get little of the politics at all just this amazing coming-of-age tale of Chris Cocks who is a reluctant recruit from enlistment, to basic, and how he adapts, grows and encounters unique characters along the way. And becomes a capable soldier in the RLI. This was a complete joy and informative read from start to finish and does get into the needy gritty of what many Rhodesian soldiers had to go through while in service during this time. Chris and the people in this book feel like personalities I've met in my life and it's just memorable. I highly recommend this book and if you didn't know too much about this chapter of world history it's ok. Open the first couple pages and you'll be transported back in time to the Rhodesian Bush War told from the author's perspective without sweating a brow.

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| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #578,284 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #371 in Traveler & Explorer Biographies |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 424 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Cocks the author has been there, done that....
*by M***3 on July 30, 2020*

I really enjoyed reading the book. Nothing is omitted, and it leaves nothing to the reader’s imagination, including the descriptive horrors of Africa. The author was a young, junior NCO in the Rhodesian Light Infantry which saw heavy combat against the insurgents. This newly revised edition (Kindle) has been completely re-written and it’s excellent!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Memorable story of the Rhodesian Bush War
*by J***Z on January 9, 2025*

The book is about a young man who joins one of the most fierce, experienced, and highly effective counter insurgency armies ever created in human history The Rhodesian Army. I know there are many books that can explain to you the deep political drama and events which most of the domestic and the international public see. But in this book we get little of the politics at all just this amazing coming-of-age tale of Chris Cocks who is a reluctant recruit from enlistment, to basic, and how he adapts, grows and encounters unique characters along the way. And becomes a capable soldier in the RLI. This was a complete joy and informative read from start to finish and does get into the needy gritty of what many Rhodesian soldiers had to go through while in service during this time. Chris and the people in this book feel like personalities I've met in my life and it's just memorable. I highly recommend this book and if you didn't know too much about this chapter of world history it's ok. Open the first couple pages and you'll be transported back in time to the Rhodesian Bush War told from the author's perspective without sweating a brow.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tour de force
*by F***O on March 24, 2025*

This is a personal memoir of one young man’s experience in the Rhodesian Bush war, at its height in the 1970’s. This account brings to life the routine, the days and years of a trooper in the infantry, one who basically lived on the edge of life and death. What was new to me was the realization that a huge variety of sympathetic international volunteers made up the security forces, it was not simply Rhodesia against the world. Barracks was basically a continuation of the boarding school system but with coarser language and harsher discipline. Most soldiers were in their 20’s and the environment was pretty juvenile, a bit like overgrown public schoolboys on steroids, before they graduated to drug-taking and killing terrs. This book is not very deep, it does not touch on the nobility of the Rhodesian cause. I would have liked to have known why the author loved his country, or what he felt about what he did. Like a typical macho product of the system, he was barely in touch with his own feelings. It is fast-paced and action packed. I wouldn’t say it is gripping in the same way a novel can be, but it does hold your attention.

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