An Cosantóir the official magazine of the Irish Defence Forces and Reserve Defence Forces.
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www.military.ie the defence forces magazine | 37 Author: Lt Col Dan Harvey publisher: Irish Academic Press (April 2017) http://irishacademicpress.ie iSBn: 978-1-785371110 pages: 334 price: €18.99 PB, €34.99 H/B The remarkable story of The Siege of Jadotville and the success of the Netflix film has focussed the Irish public's attention on the Irish Defence Forces' participation on UN peacekeeping missions. In this action packed read, Lt Col Dan Harvey chronicles the story of other dangerous operations undertaken by Irish soldiers while deployed on peacekeeping missions to some of the world's most complex operating environments. Lt Col Harvey has over 35-years of military experience and has served in a range of appointments both at home and overseas. He has written several books focussed on Defence Force deployments overseas including Peace Enforcers: The EU Intervention in Chad, and Peacekeepers: Irish Soldiers in the Lebanon. In 2016, he published Soldiers of the Short Grass: A History of the Curragh Camp, the first complete history of the Curragh Camp, from its foundation in 1855 to the present day. Ireland has almost six decades of unbroken peacekeeping service and this book reveals little known details of how Irish troops have had to fight to impose the peace that they have been charged to keep. In Part I, the author skilfully presents fascinating details of major military incidents during the Irish deployments to the Congo (1960-64), including the Niemba Ambush, the Company in Defence at Jadotville and the Battle for the Tunnel at Elisabethville. Part II focuses on events in IRISHBATT's Area of Operations in south Lebanon in 1980 that culminated with the Battle of At-Tiri. The 17th March 2004, saw Irish troops deployed as part of Kosovo Force (KFOR) in a crowd riot control operation to quell violent demonstrations close to Kosovo's capital city, Pristina. In Part IV, Lt Col Harvey provides an insight into the environmental and security challenges faced by Irish troops on the ground in Chad, as well as the leadership challenges faced by the Operation Commander of the EU Force in Chad, Lt Gen Pat Nash. The concluding section provides an account of the 43rd Inf Gp's deployment to UNDOF mission on the Golan Heights in 2014. Throughout this book, characteristics of professionalism, courage and decisiveness when required are evident traits of the Irish soldier. As the author concludes, peacekeeping is something that the Irish are "... very good at, prepared as they are to sometimes go 'into action' and fight for peace". This is a highly recommended read for both serving members of the DF and for military history enthusiasts. CL nOAH wOLf SERiES By DaviD archer The Way of the Wolf (Prequel #0) publisher: Watchtower (February 2016) iSBn: 978-1987987041 pages: 144 price: €6.50 PB / €2.30 eBook or FREE This is the prequel to the USA Today and Amazon No 1 best selling author David Archer's Noah Wolf action thriller series based on the latest US secret agent and the unknown agency he works for. As a 7-year-old child Noah Wolf witnessed his parent's murder suicide, which left him traumatised, and he spent the rest of his youth in foster care. Living with post-traumatic stress that left him without emotion, but growing up he learns how to mimic others emotions which gives him a 'Spock' like persona. This prequel can be read out of sequence as its mainly Noah's back story, and can be obtained for free by signing up to the author's mailing list on www.davidarcherbooks.com. code Name: camelot (Book #1) publisher: Musterion Publishing (February 2016) iSBn: 978-1987987034 pages: 264 price: €9.30 PB / €1.15 eBook Noah Wolf has programmed himself to appear that he has emotions by mimicking natural reactions since his traumatic youth where he witnessed his parent's murder-suicide. After being court-martialled and sentenced to death for shooting members of his platoon while serving in Afghanistan with the US Army. Sgt Wolf is offered a lifeline by a secret government agency that recognise his unique emotionless personality and military skill set that makes him an ideal and deadly assassin. Noah becomes the latest super spy in David Archer's new best selling series. This is a highly recommended new thriller series with plenty of action and use of the latest High-Tec tools in the spy business. Other books in the series are: #2 Lone Wolf, #3 In Sheep's Clothing and #4 Hit For Hire. WF inTO ACTiOn: irish PeacekeePers UNDer Fire, 1960–2014