Cry havoc - Simon Mann

Simon Mann's remarkable firsthand account of his life reads like athriller, taking readers into the world of mercenaries and spooks, of murky international politics, big oil and big bucks, action, danger, love, despair, and betrayal. On March 7, 2004, former SAS soldier and mercenary Simon Mann prepared to take off from Harare International Airport. His destination was Equatorial Guinea; his was intention to remove one of the most brutal dictators in Africa in a privately organized coup d'etat. The plot had the tacit approval of Western intelligence agencies and Mann had planned, overseen, and won two wars in Angola and Sierra Leone. So whydid it go so wrong? Here he reveals the full involvement of Mark Thatcher in the coup d'etat,theendorsement ofa former prime minister, and the financial involvement oftwo internationally famous members of the House of Lords. He also discusses how the British government approached himin the months preceding the Iraq War, to suggest ways in which a justified invasion of Iraq could be engineered.He also discussesthe pain of tellinghis wife Amanda, who gave birth to their fourth child while he was incarcerated, that he believed he would never be freed.