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Condition: Good. Fold in top corner of back cover.
Format: Large softcover
Pages: 716
Published: 2012 (Kraal)
ISBN: 9780981400983
This book tells many a story But it is also about history real history. It is about soldiers, told by soldiers who were there. Youll meet them all: peers, leaders and followers fighters and their supporters On the ground, in the air everywhere.
It is a showcase edition for the proud researchers private library But also for the commuters attaché case. It is for the veteran of yore to reminisce -and for you to remember. If a chapter is not to your taste, go on to the next one there are many! When you arrive at the end youll want to start all over again.
It is about love and war about peace and tragedy About truth and deception in the military and about lies and deceit in politics. It is about many unheralded victories and some occasions of grief. It is for modest people who are proud not for know-alls with hang-ups.
When youve read this book, you will know all that you wanted to know about the Cold War Era in Southern Africa from 1945 to 2011: in the military arena about the war in the bush and the withdrawal of the Soviets and Cubans from Angola; and in the political theatre about the upsurge of communism in South Africa.