Product Description

Charlie Warren joins the Rhodesia Light Infantry as a trooper and so becomes a member of one of the most effective and motivated anti-terrorist units ever created.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #221736 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-17
• Released on: 2006-07-17
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 350 pages

Customer Reviews

Response to Mr Williams
This is a very interesting review by Mr Williams and totally inaccurate.
Charlie Warren tried for five years to get this book published, and when you read the original you can see why he failed.
I volunteered to produce it for him for free, at my expense.
I left some of the book in its original language, because it is the language of a troopie, not a sanitised version edited long after the event, and designed to glorify and excuse the author for his actions.
There is absolutely no way that I will ever gain financially from royalties on this book because of the expenses involved.
I did not produce it to gain anything for myself, only to give Charlie Warren, and his fellow men of the RLI a chance to have their part of the story recorded in print.
This version has all the original admissions concerning events both on and off duty, and includes some heartfelt accusations from the men who suffered at the "front".
So thank you Mr Williams for giving me the opportunity to explain, and in future it would be wise to acquaint yourself with the facts before you launch into print.
Chris Higginson.

A military mans must read.
At the Going Down of the Sun is a military mans must read because Charlie Warren fills the pages with his emotions as well as details. As a former US Marine I was able to relate with his passion and bitterness from training to the sad, bitter end of Rhodesia. I have always been more than interested in Rhodesia's struggle for freedom and it's loss. This book really opened my eyes to what the actual fighting man had to live through.

If some one wants a view down an FAL's sights of the Bush War, this book is a great place to start.

Raw, brutally honest personal story of war
I must thank the author for being so honest. This is a must read for anyone wanting to understand what it is like to fight a war and a must read for all those that make the policies in their sterile enviroments. This is also a must read for those who are quick to want to send the military in to fight. Perhaps they will rethink after reading this book. This is not an easy book to read but war is not easy. Its laid out in front of the reader in a very raw state, with very little editing, and harsh language. One feels like the writer has been keeping all this bottled up inside him and once he begins to let it out it flows out uncontrollably. I could not put the book down.