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Mercenaries who have been educated at Harvard are a rare breed. Rob Krott's unusual background shouldn't obscure the fact that he's also a damn good writer. CHRISTOPHER OTHEN, who is writing a book about the Katanga secession, points you towards an author who tells the truth about the modern mercenary game.



Have Gun Will Travel


A Soldier of Fortune in Croatia and Somalia



In the late 1980s Rob Krott quit the US army to find adventure. Within a few years the Harvard graduate was fighting alongside a ragged collection of international misfits in Croatia as the country struggled for independence from post-Communist Yugoslavia. Krott discovered fast that mercenaries don't make much money but he found himself hooked on the adrenaline rush that comes from toting an AK-47 around a warzone where the bullets fly low.

After Croatia he was in Somalia doing some work for the US government. Then back to Bosnia and the King Tomislav Brigade where he discovered that sometimes the people who try to kill you aren't always on the other side.

Now Krott has written about his mercenary adventures in 'Save the Last Bullet for Yourself: A Soldier of Fortune in the Balkans and Somalia' and it's a good, honest read.

Krott still writes and fights. He has seen action in Iraq and Afghanistan, and regularly appears in the pages of Soldier of Fortune magazine. Check out his website for more details.



Links


Rob Krott's main website is here.

Buy his book on Amazon.co.uk here.



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