5 RECCE BOOKS, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, NO INSCRIPTIONS OR NAMES:
1 RECCE: THE NIGHT BELONGS TO US BY ALEXANDER STRACHAN. Explosive revelations are made of a collapsed mission to blow up key ANC figures in the final years of the apartheid era. They tell of 1-Recce's involvement in the controversial Border War and reveal the existence of a top secret squadron in the then Rhodesian army. After years of myths and secrecy, this book gives a new perspective on the Recces and the way they operated invisibly behind the scenes.
1 RECCE: BEHIND ENEMY LINES BY ALEXANDER STRACHAN. 1 Recce: Behind Enemy Lines takes the reader into the 'inner sanctum' of one of the sharpest, most versatile and deadliest specialist units in the former South African Defence Force. In their own words, Recce operators recount some of the life-threatening operations they conducted under great secrecy in Angola, Rhodesia and Mozambique during the late 1970s. Operators sweat in aircraft or in submarines deep below the ocean's surface. They brave crocodile-infested rivers in the dark of night.
1 RECCE: THROUGH STEALTH OUR STRENGTH BY ALEXANDER STRACHAN. "The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale has been a source of fierce contestation and emotion for decades, but up to now little was known about the Recces' presence and impact during this controversial battle. In [this book], award-winning author Alexander Strachan, himself an ex-Recce, reveals the extent of the Recces' involvement in the fighting around Cuito. Wearing the enemy's uniform and carrying his weapons, members of this deadly specialist unit succeeded in remaining invisible for months while deployed at strategic locations between the South African and enemy forces.
RECCE: SMALL TEAM MISSIONS BEHIND ENEMY LINES BY KOOS STADLER. Shortly after passing the grueling Special Forces selection course in the early 1980s, Koos Stadler joined the so-called Small Teams group at 5 Reconnaissance Regiment. This sub-unit was made up of two-man teams and was responsible for many secret missions behind enemy lines. Sent to blow up railway lines and enemy fighter jets in south Angola, Stadler and his partner stared death in the face many times.
32 BATTALION: THE INSIDE STORY OF SOUTH AFRICA'S ELITE FIGHTING UNIT BY PIET NORTJE. 32 Battalion: The Inside Story of South Africa's Elite Fighting Unit is a book written by Piet Nortje. For his entire adult life he had been a soldier. Half of his military career he spent with 32 Battalion. During early 1993 he volunteered to compile the story of 32 Battalion.
