To Kill a Hyena

An authoritative, exciting, and compelling memoir in which Tim not only details what he describes as a 'discordant strategy of war', he takes us with him on some of his most secretive missions to explain his reasoning. We descend with Tim into some of the vile liars of evil to which he and his small team of covert operators were deployed to destroy evil for, as he explains to his readers, evil is best destroyed by evil, just as Hyena's are best destroyed by Hyenas.

Drawing on his decades of firsthand experience in counterinsurgency operations — from the Rhodesian Bush War to his appointment as an Independent Consultant with USSOCOM — Tim delivers a clear-eyed, authoritative analysis of the strategic failures that have defined modern warfare.

To Kill a Hyena is not just essential reading for military strategists, policymakers, historians, and anyone seeking to understand why counterinsurgency campaigns so often fail — and what can, and should, be done differently. This is a book too for ordinary people who would enjoy a first-hand and extremely readable revelation of the secretive and shadowy world of covert Special Operations. Tim's words, actions and experiences have helped shape some of our nation's most sensitive and secretive military endeavors and have covertly been employed by some of our most seasoned Special Operations Warriors. COL Jim O'Brien Deputy J3 USSOCOM United States Army Special Forces -with- A special written review by: Brig. Nick Wight-Boycott, OBE.  Commander, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst (RMAS)