Heroes of Jadotville by Rose Doyle

Heroes of Jadotville by Rose Doyle

In 1961, during the United Nations intervention in the Katanga conflict in the Congo, central Africa, a company of Irish UN troops was forced to surrender to troops loyal to the Katangese Prime Minister Moise Tshombe. The contingent of Irish UN troops sent to protect the Belgian colonists and local population in Jadotville (now called Likasi) were shamefully attacked by those they were sent to protect. This book is their story. Using interviews and eye witness accounts, as well as previously hushed up factual evidence, journalist and author Rose Doyle, here, exposes how in the burial of The Jadotville Affair there lies the wider question of how, as well as why, these Irish peacekeeping soldiers became pawns in the international politics for control of Katanga and its vast mineral wealth.

"We knew nothing about the Congo and the army knew less" Noel Carey, the company's youngest officer"

Rose Doyle's novels include Kimbay and The Shadow Player - both bestsellers. Trade Names in 2004 was her first non - fiction outing with New Island. A staff journalist at the Irish Times, Dublin, her Uncle, Patrick Quinlan, served with the Irish Defence Forces at the time of Jadotville.

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ISBN 13	9781905494316
ISBN 10	1905494319
Title	Heroes of Jadotville
Author	Rose Doyle
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	New Island Books
Year published	2006-10-05
Number of pages	302
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