The Slaver's Wheel: Sully in the Congo - A Green Beret’s True Story of His Classified Rescue Mission in The Congo…from the Man Who Knew Patrice Lumumba

by Jack Lawson, Sully deFontaine

From the American Green Beret who knew Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of the Congo. The United Nations grants independence to the former Belgium colony... the Congo. Patrice Lumumba becomes Prime Minister... and all hell breaks loose. The never before told story of the clandestine American Special Forces team sent to rescue people from the chaos and killing during the tumultuous transition from colony to independent nation. While the super powers grappled for control of the Congo... this is the behind the scenes story of tribal conflict, courage, suffering, determination and the heroes who rescued hundreds from certain death. From the last surviving member of this classified rescue mission... and the man who would be Patrice Lumumba's bodyguard... Sully deFontaine.

395 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 15, 2012