White Knights - Vitale, Geoffrey
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I was sent by my government to check out a place that had declared its independence and which was seeking practical aid from French-speaking support. After arriving in that country, I discovered that the overall protection around the country was very general and its local army was organized and trained by a group of 'mercenaries'. Soon, I also realized that the negative concept MERCENARY had been deliberately made to sound dishonest. In fact, the country was well covered and the 'mercenaries' ensured that both local people and foreigners were well protected, and the occasional enemy attempts…mehr

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I was sent by my government to check out a place that had declared its independence and which was seeking practical aid from French-speaking support. After arriving in that country, I discovered that the overall protection around the country was very general and its local army was organized and trained by a group of 'mercenaries'. Soon, I also realized that the negative concept MERCENARY had been deliberately made to sound dishonest. In fact, the country was well covered and the 'mercenaries' ensured that both local people and foreigners were well protected, and the occasional enemy attempts were dealt with speedily and cleanly. The leader of the 'mercenaries' had worked in a number of previous countries. And thanks to his strong and honest reputation, he attracted many other elements - including the occasional foreign soldiers who had switched to 'mercenary' organizations. Consequently, I now offer a novel based on a great deal of what I learned and saw during those several months. I spent that time working purely with the local government in that country and became personally knowledgeable regarding 'mercenary' activity. My book is clean and genuine, as regarded by the honesty and decency of 'mercenaries'.
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The author is British by birth and was brought up in London. His military service involved translating Russian in Berlin, followed by financially tricky two years studying law at King's College. Lacking money, he found a job which was to teach in Morocco for four years. He subsequently did his BA with the University of Bordeaux and his MA and PhD at the Sorbonne. This was followed by him moving to Canada as a university professor and becoming involved with a considerable number of travel activities sponsored by federal and/or provincial government. This also included five months working as a curriculum advisor in the Comoro Islands in 1982, at a time when its professional army was controlled by mercenaries, headed by Bob Denard, a true and faithful 'white knight'. Other tasks over the past years have included a year with the University of Aveiro in Portugal (1985-86); two and a half months of lecture tour in Asia, sponsored by the Canadian Secretary of State (1990); four two-month working stays in Vietnam on behalf of the Canadian International Development Agency (1992-93); guest lecturer at University of Salamanca (1994); and two months teaching at a Japanese private school in Kyoto, an activity that provided the basis for his study of children historically and internationally, Anthropology of Childhood and Youth (1997); Period in Costa Rica, literary workshops and National University, Heredia (2001).