Jadotville Benchmark for Bravery

This is both the story of how 156 Irish peacekeeping soldiers held off an attack by a greatly superior enemy over five days in September 1961 in the Congo, and of how, on their return home, they faced another battle to restore their reputation.

For decades, the men of Jadotville were denied the full honour they deserved, their names clouded by institutional silence and the stigma of ‘surrender.’ This book follows the long, determined campaign by veterans, families, and supporters to force the truth into the open and to press authorities to recognise acts that met the benchmark for bravery.