Vagabonds, Nick Brokhausen
Vagabonds, Nick Brokhausen
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Vagabonds
Tourists in the Heart of Darkness

Author: Nick Brokhausen, Jeff Miller

Narrator: Andrew B. Wehrlen

Unabridged: 11 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/14/2021


Synopsis

A lot of confusion, a lot of humor, a lot of broken dreams and broken promises, an occasional triumph.

1978—a chance meeting on a remote military airbase between two Green Berets involved in the same operation leads to a partnership that will last over forty years. Four years after that meeting, Nick Brokhausen and Jeff Miller leave the service within a few weeks of each other and begin an odyssey that takes them to dozens of countries on five continents.

Along with a small coterie of fellow former Special Operations and intelligence community veterans like Penguini, Max, Reek, The Spider Woman and a score of others—some heroes and some villains—they undertake a variety of missions for the government, other governments, large multinational corporations mostly in the aerospace or resource development industries, and occasionally just for suffering individuals who cannot find help anywhere else. In the process they lay the groundwork for an entire new industry of private military contractors. Two men sadly just a bit ahead of their time.

About Nick Brokhausen

Special Forces veteran Nick Brokhausen joined the Studies and Observations Group (SOG) on his second tour in Vietnam, and took part in some of the most dangerous missions of the war, deep in enemy territory. After Vietnam, Brokhausen has led an interesting life, which has included work in security projects in a number of countries. He now runs a tech company and an armoring company.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on May 30, 2021

Another great read from Nick joined by the “Beast” Fascinating travels, trials, characters and efforts to continue the quest for adventure and a few dollars. No, not a lead slinging epoch of survival in Southeast Asia, there is adrenaline and close calls as the cast of characters work on the “edge.”......more

Goodreads review by Tomasz on November 27, 2024

Yeah, disaster tourists is about right. Brokhausen, for all his flexing, is barely literate, and rarely coherent - five+ decades of massive liquor intake did their job, it seems. Got a song about him, too: "Whoah, here he comes / watch out, guys, he'll screw you up / whoah, here he comes / he's a mo......more

Goodreads review by Christopher Cooper on August 25, 2021

Great read. A really interesting account of an incredible life. Nick has had more than 9 lives and the book has a vivid cast of great characters. Some of the events are truly hair raising. Highly recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Aaron E. Allan on May 09, 2024

ok read. This is an interesting collection of stories that lacks some details of time and length. Good thing is it’s not one long story so you can start and stop easily.......more

Goodreads review by Mikael on March 16, 2025

Of course this guy became an "security specialist" after the vietnam war.......more