Three Sips of Gin: Dominating The Battlespace With Rhodesia's Famed Selous Scouts

The memoir of a special forces veteran of the Rhodesian War, with over a hundred photos included.

When something isn't working., in our work lives , we struggle with what part of the problem to tackle first. Do we start with cost reduction? Morale? Or should we improvements first? We pick the problem to work on, and depending on whether our plan makes sense, one of two things happens. First, we fail-and then we add "frustration" to our list of problems. Two, we succeed, and then some new problem pops out to replace the old. We cut 10% out of our budget, and our star performers leave in frustration because we sliced what they saw as a critical program. It's as though the system we're working on is an old inner tube. The moment we patch one hole and add pressure, another spot tears open.

In the middle of the Great Depression, Montana native Julia Bennett arrived in New York City with no money and an audacious business plan: to identify and visit easterners who could afford to spend their summers at her brand new dude ranch near Ennis, Montana. Julia, a big-game hunter whom friends described as "a clever shot with both rifle and shotgun," flouted gender conventions to build guest ranches in Montana and Arizona that attracted world-renowned entertainers and artists.