Reasons in Writing by Ewen Southby-Tailyour

Reasons in Writing by Ewen Southby-Tailyour

Due to his intimate knowledge of the geography of the Falkland Islands, the author was closely involved in the planning and operations of the 1982 war. This account throws new light on many aspects of the campaign, and includes Southby-Tailyour's criticisms and praise of those around him.

Ewen Southby-Tailyour, a graduate of Pangbourne Nautical College and Grenoble University, joined the Royal Marines in 1960 and served with the French Commando Hubert in the south of France and Corsica, the United States Marine Corps in the Mediterranean, the West Indies, and the Dhofar War (when he was given the Sultan of Muscat's Bravery Medal) in Niger. He retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1992 and joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office the following year to work as a monitor for the European Community Monitoring Mission (ECMM) in the Former Yugoslav Republic. While reporting on Croatia's preparations for war against the separatist, so-called Republic of Serbian Krajina, he was instructed informally by the Secret Intelligence Agency (MI6) to keep an watch on one or two individuals. In 1994, he resigned from the ECMM in protest at being told to falsify his daily reports in order to keep the UN Weapons Embargo 713 from being made public. Death's Sting is a novel inspired by the author's experiences in Croatia and the Republic of Serbian Krajina.

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ISBN 13	9780850523102
ISBN 10	0850523109
Title	Reasons in Writing
Author	Ewen Southby-Tailyour
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published	1993-05-01
Number of pages	416
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