Book: Three Sips of Gin: Dominating the Battlespace with Rhodesia's famed Selous Scouts

I just finished this book today. It is by Tim Bax and it is an interesting memoir of the Rhodesian Bush War from the perspective of someone who joined the Rhodesian military while drunk. One of the more interesting things I learned about what how colonization and imperialism was like during this time. He does not pull punches about the colonial attitude of the era and even after the fall of Rhodesia. His life has some points that are too amazing to be true, but it has been confirmed by his former CO. He writes in a tongue in cheek way and some of the stories will have you laughing. Overall an interesting look at a the little known Rhodesian bush war from a person with their boots on the ground and finger on the trigger.

Did you find it on Amazon?

Yeah. I got it for kindle, but the physical copy is $26 last I looked.

That actually sounds really interesting, think I’ll pick that one up. Thanks.

Sounds like my cup of...gin. Thanks for the recco.

We have a Scout that visits here on occasion. We have his picture on the wall in uniform and a little exhibit of the patches and insignia they used. He tells harrowing tales. They were constitutionally immune to prosecution.

BatteryOaksBilly said:

We have a Scout that visits here on occasion. We have his picture on the wall in uniform and a little exhibit of the patches and insignia they used. He tells harrowing tales. They were constitutionally immune to prosecution.

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Thanks for helping to keep their story alive.

ronn47 said:

Thanks for helping to keep their story alive.

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This man is 6 feet and 7 inches. Known Locally as Stretch. We all call him Chris the Scout. He is my age but doesn't look it. I'll try to have him here in October.

A great book on the same topic is The Bleed.

A story of a Vietnam veteran, US Recon Marine Officer time in the RLI Fire Force and Selous Scouts