`War at Sea` S.A. Maritime Ops World War II & `Trench Warfare` 1914-1918 T. Ashworth..

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`War at Sea"  South African Maritime Operations during World War II.  

Hard cover.

Author:  C.J. Harris.

First published 1991.

ISBN 1 874800 16 2 Standard edition.

Condition:  like new.

356 pages

South Africans at War is a remarkable new series about the South African contribution during this century to the two World Wars and the Korean War.  South African men and women of all races were called upon at short notice to risk the ultimate sacrifice for their country, the British Empire and the freedom of mankind.  Many made that sacrifice.

The series is a history of the war, though not official.  It deals rather with the doings of people at home and abroad in all these conflicts, lonely danger and discomfort, often great disappointment.

The series is about the fortunes of war and those who played their part in those wars.  This is he South African story, and it is one to be proud of.

"Trench Warfare"   1914-1918 .

Author: T. Ashworth.

Soft cover.

The Live and Let Live System

Pan Grand Strategy Series.

ISBN 0 330 48008 5.

266 pages.

"The story of the great battles of the First World War has been told by historians, journalists and others.  The shock and slaughter of the Somme, Verdun and Passchendaele, where soldiers endured unimaginable casualties with amazing courage, is a major theme of most books.  Large-scale battles, however, comprised the smaller part of soldiers' total time in combat.  For 90 percent of that time soldiers fought small-scale battles which took place between and throughout large battles.  These small conflicts were violent, continual and involved complex weaponry and specialized tactics.  Yet, during small battles, soldiers could and often did make choices not possible during large ones.  From these choices, there evolved between enemies a curious culture of live and let live which constrained the war culture of kill or be killed in fundamental ways.  It was a culture that was spontaneous unplanned yet ongoing throughout the war, and it gave soldiers some control over conditions of their existence."