The Peacemakers of Niemba: The Full Story of the Congo Ambush

by Tom McCaughren

In 1960 the Irish people were devastated by news that nine of the soldiers that they had sent to the Congo as part of a U.N. peace mission had been killed by warriors. As the funeral cortSge passed through Dublin, it was watched by thousands of people in one of the biggest shows of emotion ever seen in the capital. They knew that the soldiers had been killed in an ambush, but precious little else. Soon afterwards journalist Tom McCaughren began a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0957346115
• ISBN13: 9780957346116
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Somerville Press
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"