A Private War: An American Code Officer in the Belgian Congo

By Robert Laxalt

Book Overview

In this vivid memoir, Laxalt recalls his service during WWII as a code officer in the Belgian Congo. In this remote jungle outpost, a secret war was being fought for control of the world's future. Deep in the Congo lay a mine that produced a little-known substance called uranium, and for reasons no one then understood, the Allies and the Germans were struggling ferociously to control this mine and its ore. The cloth edition is a limited numbered, signed edition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874173248
• ISBN13: 9780874173246
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.5" x 7.4"