Book review: Heroes of Jadotville: The Soldiers’ Story

Des Breen reads an account of 156 Irish UN troops who battled impossible odds in the Congo, only for their courage to be airbrushed from history.

Book review: Heroes of Jadotville: The Soldiers’ Story
Sat, 10 Sep, 2016 - 01:00
Review: Des Breen

Rose Doyle

New Island, €15.95

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