South African War Machine

Heitman, Helmoed-Romer, 1985. South African War Machine. Central News Agency Ltd. 192 pp. 31 cm x 24 cm. Hardcover with DW. DW is slightly edge worn but has no tears or fading. No inscriptions or names. Book in good+ condition. Illustrated with numrous colour and B&W photographs.

South African War Machine briefly describes the history of South African armed formes, oulining their roles in the two World Wars and in Korea and explaining how this background has contributed to the unique make-up of South Africa's defence force. The weapons, organisation and training of each of the South African armed services are fully described with sections on elite formations. The campaigns in SWA (Namibia) against the SWAPO guerrillas are fully described as are the various operations in Angola from the initial South African involvement in 1975. (border wars, bush war, counter insurgency operations).