| Buy Online (TBA) | "'Mad Jimmy' Dextraze: The Tightrope of UN Command in the Congo" In Berndt Horn and Stephen Harris (eds), Warrior Chiefs: Perspectives on Canadian Senior Military Leadership Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2001
Abstract: J.A. Dextraze aka “JADEX” was a legendary Canadian general. This chapter from Warrior Chiefs highlights a little-known but dramatic and unauthorized rescue operation in the Congo in 1964. These missions were conducted by a rag-tag improvised multinational force (which included the CIA) led by JADEX in the face of UN indifference and bureaucracy. It could (and should) be made into a movie that would easliy rival Blackhawk Down. James Cameron: do you remember your Canadian roots? Here’s an opportunity… |
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