The board also includes Robert Brown, creator of Soldier of Fortune magazine, and rock guitarist Ted Nugent.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

In 1995, a little-known officer backed by mercenaries led by French soldier of fortune Bob Denard took power in the Comoros after poorly-equipped government troops were defeated.

CNN: Monday,

The Freemen invited a journalist from the pro-gun magazine "Soldier of Fortune" Tuesday to conduct an interview on the ranch where they have been holed up for more than three weeks.

CNN: Authorities having trouble communicating with Freemen

The book is published by Paladin Press, a Boulder, Colorado company founded by two former Green Berets, Peder Lund and Robert Brown (who later split off to found Soldier of Fortune magazine).

ECONOMIST: Free speech

Gary Cooper, as an honorable Confederate colonel who becomes a soldier of fortune in Mexico, asks the key question for this and all the South-of-the-border Westerns that followed: What gets into Americans down here?

NEWYORKER: Vera Cruz