{"title":"History - Military","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"9781485302681","title":"As the Crow Flies: My Bushman Experience with 31 Battalion","description":"\u003cp\u003eOperation Savannah entered the annals of South African military tradition four decades ago. Though there have been several books published about this 'bare bones' strike force that marched almost unimpeded a quarter of the way across the African continent, few are aware of the significant role played during the course of these hostilities by a fragmented Bushman unit led by one of the most enigmatic personalities to emerge in uniform since the end of World War II. \u003cbr\u003eUntil now, Colonel Delville Linford has had very little to say about his role as commander of Combat Group Alpha, or of that played by his Bushmen soldiers. In this volume he allows us a peek under the covers, not only how this tiny combat force operated, but also many 'behind the screens' machinations which explain how the unit was formed. \u003cbr\u003eFollowing the independence of Angola from Portugal, a significant segment of that country's Bushman community crossed the border into what was then still South West Africa - Namibia today - and sought refuge with the South Africans. He goes on to tell us a lot about the Bushman people themselves: the nature of their society, tribal traditions, bush-craft, customs that have become ingrained with time, historical fears, life in the wild, tracking - as well as much else about a historical culture that goes back millennia. Together with many of Colonel Linford's empathetic observations of these intriguing 'little' people, all go towards making for a rather fascinating read.\u003cbr\u003eA hallmark volume with an introduction by General Constand Viljoen, Colonel Linford offers us - for the first time - his own 'warts and all' report, not only of the legendary 31 Battalion but also of his career in the South African Army.\u003cbr\u003eCmdt Delville Linford was die South African Army's last liaison officer at Serpa Pinto, from April 1973 to July 1974. Because of his knowledge of Angola and its people, he was tasked by Brigadier Constand Viljoen to establish a base in the western Caprivi to accommodate, equip and train these Bushman soldiers so that they could help to protect the South West African border against Swapo. With the help of six national servicemen and 39 black troops, Linford established Camp Alpha. Combat Group Alpha participated in Operation Savannah from October 1975 to January 1976, after which the company was named 31 Battalion and operated in south-east Angola and Zambia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAL J. VENTER, now living in the UK, has written over 40 war books, including Allah's Bomb, Iran's Nuclear Option, and Iraqi War Debrief, War Dog: Fighting Other People's Wars, Barrel of a Gun: A War Correspondent's Misspent Moments in Combat, War Stories by Al J. Venter and Friends, Gunship Ace - The Wars of Neall Ellis, Helicopter Pilot and Mercenary and African Stories by Al J. Venter and Friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Delville+Linford\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eDelville Linford\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Al+J.+Venter\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAl J. Venter\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Delville Linford,Al J. Venter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375424061603,"sku":"9781485302681","price":300.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781485302681_599c45eb-a341-4692-aba7-02c39be74ac4.jpg?v=1776549807"},{"product_id":"9780620372961","title":"Die Buffel Struikel","description":"\u003cp\u003e3e HERSIENE Uitgawe   \u003cbr\u003e'Die boek gaan oor meer as net 'n geskietery. Dit gaan oor wie ons was, hoe ons bymekaar gekom het, wat ons van mekaar geleer het, wat in die bos gebeur het, ons vrese en verwagtinge, ons trane en blydskap, ons kameraadskap en lojaliteit teenoor mekaar - selfs jare nadat die bataljon ontbind is en ons uitmekaar gespat het. Daarom noem ek dit 'n storie - nié van 32 Bataljon en sy soldate nie - maar van sy ménse' - L.J. Bothma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+LJ+Bothma\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eLJ Bothma\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"LJ Bothma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375446671523,"sku":"9780620372961","price":420.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780620372961_0b7b74d8-75fa-4ea4-ad28-9661492b0771.jpg?v=1776476638"},{"product_id":"9780620424844","title":"Pionne","description":"\u003cp\u003eBertie Cloete se herinneringe aan sy dae as loteling van die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag op die Suidwes (Namibië) grens, en die ongelooflike sameloop van omstandighede wat sy pad 'n kwarteeu later laat kruis het met die Swapo seuntjie wat sy makker se lewe probeer red het. 'n Roerende verhaal wat 'n mens weer hoop gee vir ons land en die mensdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Bertie+Cloete\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eBertie Cloete\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bertie Cloete","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375449948323,"sku":"9780620424844","price":150.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780620424844_3be6f9bb-9fc3-4ea5-92e1-e0aa57829b31.jpg?v=1776476682"},{"product_id":"9781868428328","title":"Cuito Cuanavale","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is September 1987. The Angolan Army - with the support of Cuban troops and Soviet advisors - has built up a massive force on the Lomba River near Cuito Cuanavale in southern Angola. Their goal? To capture Jamba, the headquarters of the rebel group Unita, supported by the South African Defence Force (SADF) in the so-called Border War.\u003cbr\u003eIn the battles that followed, and shortly thereafter centred around the small town of Cuito Cuanavale, 3 000 SADF soldiers and 8 000 Unita fighters were up against a much bigger Angolan and Cuban force of over 50 000 men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThousands of soldiers died in the vicious fighting that is described in vivid detail in this book. Bridgland pieced together this account through scores of interviews with SADF men who were on the front line. This dramatic retelling takes the reader to the heart of the action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Fred+Bridgland\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eFred Bridgland\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fred Bridgland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375510732963,"sku":"9781868428328","price":320.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781868428328_4d0db471-b1c4-4289-8c6d-25d8e56a6b9e.jpg?v=1776604395"},{"product_id":"9780620549295","title":"Vang 'n Boer","description":"\u003cp\u003eVang 'n Boer - Die stryd tussen Boer en Ovambo is die verhaal van twee volke waarvan die paaie meer as 80 jaar voor die Grensoorlog (1966 tot 1989) die eerste maal gekruis het.\r\n\r\nDie boek gee nuwe perspektiewe op 'n oorlog wat tot dusver binne die konteks van ideologieë (Apartheid en Kommunisme) verstaan is. 'n Komplekse historiese proses wat die oorlog voorafgegaan het, word beskryf. Die klem val nie net op die militêre konfrontasie tussen Boer en Ovambo nie, maar die diplomatieke, politieke en ekonomiese stryd wat ten nouste daarmee verband hou, word geanaliseer. \r\n\r\nWaar Boer en Ovambo dit in die bos met die wapen uitspook, is dit nie 'n eensydige stryd waar een kant al die helde oplewer en die ander kant die skurke is wat in massa afgemaai word nie. Die stryd woed ook nie net in die bosse op die Grens bnie, maar regoor die hele Suider-Afrika en in die vergadersale van die Verenigde Nasies.\r\n\r\nDie stemme van die burgerlike bevolking - die kwesbares, onskuldiges en ongewapendes - word tussen die oorlogsrumoer gehoor. Uiteindelik word die boek een lang gevallestudie van hoe politici en hulle militêre dienaars, met die ondersteuning en aanmoediging van die kapitaallkragtiges en magsugtiges, met gewone mense in 'n oorlog mors.\r\n\r\nSoos in sy beroemde boek 'Die Buffel Struikel', vertel LJ Bothma die geskiedenis op ;n objektiewe wyse aan die leser oor. Hierdie is die eerste van twee volumes oor 'Die stryd tussen Boer en Ovambo'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+LJ+Bothma\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eLJ Bothma\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"LJ Bothma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375512141987,"sku":"9780620549295","price":450.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780620549295_83036c3a-a1b3-4074-bf71-54c307ba8d8d.jpg?v=1776476805"},{"product_id":"9780620412988","title":"We Fear Naught but God","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of the South African Special Forces (\"The Recces\"), from inception in the 1960s to disbandment in 1993. A unique account of one of South Africa's premier units, masters in the art of reconnaissance and clandestine warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Paul+Els\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003ePaul Els\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Paul Els","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375555231907,"sku":"9780620412988","price":390.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780620412988_98e84bb6-27aa-4011-a1b2-edb70b9c3a16.jpg?v=1776476674"},{"product_id":"9781920527358","title":"Four SADF Operations","description":"\u003cp\u003eEach operation has its own story and its own heroes.\u003cbr\u003eOperation Swivel is the first Operation where in the first qualified SA Paratroopers took part in.\u003cbr\u003eOperation Hurdle must have been the first Operation to investigate USSR involvement into Southern Africa by an South African Army element.\u003cbr\u003eOperation Dikmelk was a operation where not one shot was fired or any enemy seen.\u003cbr\u003eOperation Super was an unexpected operation with possibly the most insurgents killed in one day by a small group of soldiers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Paul+Els\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003ePaul Els\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Paul Els","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375571550371,"sku":"9781920527358","price":230.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781920527358_2f7fedc4-b652-4ba2-8fc6-4a305f9a1d9b.jpg?v=1776613806"},{"product_id":"9781431701001","title":"Field Guide to the Battlefields of South Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eExpert battlefields guide Nicki von der Heyde presents 71 battles covering three wars and a series of conflicts that shaped the course of South Africa's history - from the colonial clashes that characterised the 18th and 19th centuries to the 2nd Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInformative and lively accounts of the engagements are provided, with special attention given to the context, action, outcomes and principal combatants involved. Arranged in provincial and regional order, the Field Guide to the Battlefields of South Africa includes an array of special features that allow for an enthralling and multi-layered account of the battles: 580 images;  80 illustrated timelines; 60 fact and feature boxes; 16 annotated battle maps; 10 regional locator maps; Detailed directions to each site; GPS co-ordinates for inaccessible locations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComprehensive, compelling and vividly illustrated, the Field Guide to the Battlefields of South Africa is an indispensable tool for professional and amateur military historians as well as anyone interested in exploring South Africa's fascinating history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Nicki+von+der+Heyde\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eNicki von der Heyde\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nicki von der Heyde","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375592423587,"sku":"9781431701001","price":550.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781431701001_058832ae-2ce8-45b2-90a7-a0bc8e31b38a.jpg?v=1776537132"},{"product_id":"9781868427505","title":"Ratels aan die Lomba","description":"\u003cp\u003eOp 3 Oktober 1987 het Charlie-eskadron - die ystervuis van 61 Gemeganiseerde Bataljongroep - die kritieke geveg tussen die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag en die Angolese magte op die Lombarivier in die suide van Angola gelei. Dié boek plaas die leser in die midde van die groep jong dienspligtiges wat na die Grensoorlog weggevoer is om hierdie geveg te gaan voer.\u003cbr\u003eOp die Lomba het hulle nie net te staan gekom teen 'n Angolese mag met 'n getalsoorwig en beter wapentuig nie, maar ook teen 'n terrein wat so dig bebos was dat hul sig en beweging aansienlik ingeperk is. Die SAW se taktiese doktrine het duidelik gestel dat tenks teen tenks aangewend moes word. Tog moes die dienspligtiges die Angolese tenks aanvat in pantservoertuie met minder kragtige kanonne en dun pantser wat nie veel meer as gewone geweervuur kon afweer nie. Steeds is 47 Brigade van die Angolese magte amper uitgewis tydens die geveg op die Lomba. Scholtz se beskrywing van hierdie David teen Goliath geveg neem die leser na die hart van die aksie.\u003cbr\u003eDanksy onderhoude met veterane en dagboekinskrywings dra hierdie eerlike, intense hervertelling die volle drama van die geveg oor. Dit is ook 'n diep menslike verhaal oor hoe individue reageer in die aangesig van die dood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Leopold+Scholtz\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eLeopold Scholtz\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Leopold Scholtz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375605825699,"sku":"9781868427505","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781868427505_e2cd6b0c-57d3-465c-9521-5d0799a8734a.jpg?v=1776604229"},{"product_id":"9781868423316","title":"At the Front","description":"\u003cp\u003eRe-jacketed reprint.\u003cbr\u003eAt the Front is the memoirs of the legendary General Jannie Geldenhuys – a soldier, strategist, diplomat and a sportsman. It takes us through negotiations, threats and major operations of the Border War in South West Africa (today Namibia) and Angola in the late 1970s and 1980s. Geldenhuys introduces us to international politicians, ordinary soldiers, friends and foes and traces the role they played in the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe shares his first-hand experiences of important operations such as Operation Smokeshell and debunks a few commonly held beliefs about the battles around Cuito Cuanavale towards the end of the war by providing facts and figures about the loss of life and equipment on both sides. He also reveals the surprising facts about\u003cbr\u003ethe costs and other implications of the war for southern Africa, making Geldenhuys’ story both of military and historical importance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is far more than a general’s account of a war. At the Front presents a world where one meets friction de guerre and discovers the strange intertwined nature of war and peace, success and failure, good and bad luck, chance and fate, winning and losing. General Jannie Geldenhuys tells a compelling story that radiates\u003cbr\u003egraciousness, compassion and an indomitable sense of humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Jannie+Geldenhuys\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eJannie Geldenhuys\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jannie Geldenhuys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375626469539,"sku":"9781868423316","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781868423316_5795c89e-3eaf-4a40-bab9-53c892f5d7ca.jpg?v=1776603781"},{"product_id":"9781869191139","title":"My lewe saam met die SA Weermag","description":"\u003cp\u003eMagnus Malan het reeds as 13-jarige skoolseun weggeloop om by die destydse Unieverdedigingsmag aan te sluit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Magnus+Malan\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eMagnus Malan\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Magnus Malan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375640821923,"sku":"9781869191139","price":285.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781869191139_84db9df5-7c76-4db1-9b61-fb9c609fbae6.jpg?v=1776605905"},{"product_id":"9781869193515","title":"Portugal's War in Angola","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Angolan war has been described as the bloodiest colonial insurgency in the history of Africa south of the Sahara. But it was to become a conflict that Portugal would lose not on the battlefield, but in the hearts of its own citizens. After a thirteen-year war of attrition in Angola, and facing increasing setbacks in two of its other war-torn territories, an enervated Portugal with its weary armed forces would deal the final blow to itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+WS+van+der+Waals\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eWS van der Waals\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WS van der Waals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375651864739,"sku":"9781869193515","price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781869193515_a530c2f5-1366-4327-9908-32b52eae95e8.jpg?v=1776606897"},{"product_id":"9781869194109","title":"War Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eNeall Ellis who flew helicopter gunships against the rebels in Sierra Leone and is currently flying support missions in Russian Mi-8s in Afghanistan, Al Venter going into combat with a bunch of South African 'Parabats' in a strike against enemy positions in Angola (where he was subsequently wounded), Mike Hoare's aborted invasion of the Seychelles a quarter of a century ago, an American mercenary in Iraq as well as a United States Navy rescue mission in Somalia are among more than 30 chapters that appear in this new book due out early 2011. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Al+J.+Venter\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAl J. 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Inevitably certain images are poor in quality, often blurred and off-centre. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Cameron+Blake\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eCameron Blake\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cameron Blake","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375682994339,"sku":"9781920143466","price":155.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781920143466_8f4d46a4-2bfd-4d0a-981b-6a18c6196130.jpg?v=1776611895"},{"product_id":"9781920143572","title":"Search for Puma 164","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeptember 6, 1979. A lone Puma helicopter flies northward, leaving behind the desolation of the battle for Mapai, in Mozambique's Gaza Province. Huddled in the cabin, two weary soldiers sit silently immersed in their own thoughts, contemplating their difficult duties ahead. WOII Graham Enslin, CSM Support Commando, is struggling to come to terms with the death in action that morning of his younger brother Brian. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Neill+Jackson\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eNeill Jackson\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Neill Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375683059875,"sku":"9781920143572","price":199.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781920143572_062edb3b-dc09-47a9-b18c-ed2e6b70b0d9.jpg?v=1776611908"},{"product_id":"9781775842019","title":"Guide to Sieges of South Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this companion volume to the highly successful Field Guide to the Battlefields of South Africa , the pivotal sieges that characterised the Cape Frontier, Anglo-Zulu, Basotho and Anglo-Boer wars are brought together in one volume. Accounts of 17 sieges over the last two centuries explore in detail the historical context in which they occurred, the day-to-day military actions that sustained the investments and the conditions both soldiers and civilians faced while defending their territory against a hostile force.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe siege descriptions are animated by maps where possible, and a variety of information boxes and human-interest stories, gleaned mainly from diaries, letters and eye-witness accounts; long-form features focus on the practical aspects of siege warfare, such as artillery, medicine, food, and the psychological effects of besiegement. The book also provides practical information for visitors who wish to explore these historical sites.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA fascinating read that will appeal to anyone interested in the volatile history of the country - armchair historians and travellers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Nicki+von+der+Heyde\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eNicki von der Heyde\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nicki von der Heyde","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375685681315,"sku":"9781775842019","price":250.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781775842019_64366688-9418-4aab-a889-9f7493b50ddb.jpg?v=1776574225"},{"product_id":"9781868428441","title":"Blood Money","description":"\u003cp\u003eA riveting, action-filled account that sheds light on the realities of working in a war-torn country, this is the first book on the war in Iraq by a South African.\u003cbr\u003eJohan Raath and a security team were escorting American engineers to a power plant south of Baghdad when they were ambushed. He had first arrived in Iraq only two weeks before. This was a small taste of what was to come over the next 13 years while he worked there as a private military contractor (PMC). His mission? Not to wage war but to protect lives. Raath acted as a bodyguard for VIPs and, more often, engineers who were involved in construction projects to rebuild the country after the 2003 war. His physical and mental endurance was tested to the limit in his efforts to safeguard construction sites that were regularly subjected to mortar and suicide attacks. Key to his survival was his training as a Special Forces operator, or Recce.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorking in places called the Triangle of Death and driving on the 'Hell Run', Raath had numerous hair-raising experiences. 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Ons het gedoen wat ons geglo het ons moes doen en hulle [die vyand] ook . . .” - Marco Caforio, ouddienspligtige\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOp 10 Junie 1980 gedurende 'n eindelose dag van bloedige gevegte onder die Angolese son is 13 lede van die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag dood en etlike beseer toe 61 Gemeganiseerde Bataljon Groep 'n kompleks van Swapo-basisse in die suide van Angola aangeval het.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGedurende Operasie Sceptic het tweede luitenant Paul Louw sy peleton in vier Ratels na die slagveld by die doelwit Smokeshell gelei. In die chaos wat daardie dag gevolg het, is 12 dienspligtiges in sy peleton van 44 noodlottig gewond en hy is self ook beseer. Een van sy troepe, die 18-jarige HP Ferreira, is met 'n 14,5 mmmasjiengeweer deur sy pelvis geskiet en hy is ook deur etlike AK-47 koeëls getref. Hy het wonderbaarlik oorleef.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouw, nog met die bloed van sy manne aan sy klere, en 'n handjievol ander soldate het die aand deurgebring in 'n Ratel wat deur 'n RPG-vuurpyl getref is. Hulle was heeltemal afgesny van die res van die aanvalsgroep en het nie geweet of hulle die son sou sien opkom nie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Bloedbroers vertel van die oorlewendes van hul ervarings tydens die geveg. Dit werp ook lig op wat met soldate gebeur nadat die laaste skote afgevuur is en volg die veterane toe hulle vier dekades ná die operasie vir die eerste keer na die slagveld teruggekeer het.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Deon+Lamprecht\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eDeon Lamprecht\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Deon Lamprecht","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375703212195,"sku":"9781928248163","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781928248163_25c29189-f74e-4b3b-a06b-04d724fc0589.jpg?v=1776615921"},{"product_id":"9781868729142","title":"32 Battalion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey were a rag-tag band of bush warriors who fought their way across Angola and into the military history books. 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Een van die skerpste, veelsydigste en dodelikste spesialiseenhede in die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag. Dié manne was superfiks en bomenslik taai.\u003cbr\u003e Hulle het telkens hul lewe op die spel geplaas in geheime operasies.\u003cbr\u003e Alexander Strachan, bekroonde skrywer en self 'n gewese Recce, vertel die verhaal van 1 Recce se ontstaan, geskiedenis en rol in die Bosoorlog. Ná jare van mites en geheimhouding gee dié boek 'n binneblik op die Recces en die werk wat hulle onsigbaar agter die skerms gedoen het.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Alexander+Strachan\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAlexander Strachan\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alexander Strachan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375738241187,"sku":"9780624081494","price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780624081494_eb57b322-fe07-41bd-9ee1-74cdbab2aeae.jpg?v=1776480553"},{"product_id":"9781485302599","title":"Eden's Exiles","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of war and conservation, a drama enacted in a theatre in the southwestern corner of Africa.\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Jan Breytenbach, a legend in military circles, and the founder of South African Special Forces - the Recces - describes how he discovered that Military Intelligence was involved in illegal wildlife trade with Jonas Savimbi. To his horror and astonishment, senior officers were also using the MI created ivory-smuggling routes for their own corrupt ends. A must-read on a little known topic of the South African Border War, Angolan Civil War, and the de facto genocide of southern Africa's Big Five, particularly the elephant. \u003cbr\u003eColonel Jan Breytenbach, the founding commander of 32 Battalion, is a living legend in South Africa. He was the creator of three elite units of the SADF: 1 Recce Commando, 32 Battalion and 44 Para Brigade. He led the successful assault on SWAPO's main base at Cassinga in 1978 - believed to be the largest airborne assault anywhere since World War II. He also formed the South African Army's Guerrilla School, which he commanded until his retirement in 1987. \u003cbr\u003eHe is the brother of author\/poet Breyten Breytenbach. Jan Breytenbach is 80 years old and lives in Sedgefield.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Jan+Breytenbach\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eJan Breytenbach\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jan Breytenbach","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375740207267,"sku":"9781485302599","price":275.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781485302599_2eea29c0-5c35-4e53-a4af-1e7ff67b9fe2.jpg?v=1776549794"},{"product_id":"9781928349839","title":"Josefskleed - 'n Stryd om te oorleef","description":"\u003cp\u003eOp 11 Februarie 2014 woon Wynand en Frances du Toit die 25ste herdenkingsvieringe van die ondertekening\u003cbr\u003evan die Brazzaville Protokol by. President Denis Sassou N'Guesso van die Republiek van die\u003cbr\u003eKongo hang die Nasionale Meriete Order van die Kongo om Wynand se nek.\u003cbr\u003eWat hy daar beleef en besef, laat die laaste stukke van die legkaart in plek val, dertig jaar na sy gevangeneming\u003cbr\u003ein Cabinda, Angola.\u003cbr\u003eLees hier in sy eie woorde van sy stryd om te oorleef, om weer 'n plek in die samelewing in te neem. Hoe\u003cbr\u003ehy en talle ander veteraan-soldate misbruik, misken, en verstoot is. Vergete slagoffers van die destydse\u003cbr\u003eKodesa-samesprekings, lewe baie oud-soldate in gebrek en armoede, hul onvermoë om in die nuwe\u003cbr\u003eSuid-Afrika aan te pas 'n bewys van die ou regering se kille hantering van die eens magtigste weermag\u003cbr\u003ein Afrika.\u003cbr\u003eDie politieke poppe-meesters trek op 10 Mei 1994 die Josefskleed oor die donker put waarin sy eens getroue soldate en landsburgers\u003cbr\u003esteeds verkeer. Die politieke en militêre vuilspel gerieflik verswyg in die gemak van hul aftree-pakette.\u003cbr\u003eDit bly 'n ope vraag: was dit nie juis diegene wat bereid was om die grense van lojaliteite oor te steek wat die werklike helde was en die\u003cbr\u003eland van 'n bloedige burgeroorlog gered het nie?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Wynand+du+Toit\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eWynand du Toit\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wynand du Toit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375741092003,"sku":"9781928349839","price":300.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781928349839_a71af5eb-e2dc-4743-a3ac-a6774093dc8d.jpg?v=1776616320"},{"product_id":"9781928327776","title":"Judasbok - Verraad ter wille van Oorlewing","description":"\u003cp\u003eJudasbok beloof om die leser op 'n ongelooflik intense erÂ-varing te neem deur te kyk na wat agter die skerms gebeur het en wat aanleiding daartoe gegee het dat Wynand du Toit 'n huishoudelike naam in Suid-Afrika geword het.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLees in sy eie woorde die gebeure van daardie nag en die diepgaande nagmerrie van sy gevangeneskap, die sameswerings en die uiteinÂ-delike afleiding dat die hele operasie slegs 'n openingÂ-skuif was wat uiteindelik die Suid-Afrikaanse volk moes mislei tot oorgawe in Angola en die onafhanklikheid van Namibië.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Wynand+du+Toit\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eWynand du Toit\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wynand du Toit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375826845859,"sku":"9781928327776","price":300.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781928327776_96ad7864-8a5a-4984-9438-db86ccd281f5.jpg?v=1776616194"},{"product_id":"9781868427796","title":"Ystervuis uit die See","description":"\u003cp\u003eGedurende die Grensoorlog het die Spesiale Magte se 4 Verkenningsregiment tientalle klandestiene seewaartse operasies saam met die SA Vloot uitgevoer. Van Cabinda in Angola tot Dar es Salaam in Tanzanië het hulle strategiese teikens soos oliedepots, vervoerinfrastruktuur en selfs Russiese skepe aangeval. Die bestaan van 4 Recce is grootliks geheim gehou, ook in die SAW.\u003cbr\u003eYstervuis uit die see beskryf 50 operasies deur 4 Recce, ander Spesmagte-eenhede en die SA Vloot. Daaronder tel Operasie Kerslig (1981), waartydens 'n operateur dood en ander beseer is in 'n aanval op 'n olieraffinadery in Luanda, en Operasie Argon (1985) toe kaptein Wynand du Toit in Angola gevange geneem is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDie skrywers, wat self aan etlike van die operasies deelgeneem het, het ook toegang gekry tot uiters geheime dokumente wat intussen gedeklassifiseer is. Hul dramatiese vertellings wys hoe veelsydig en doeltreffend hierdie elite-eenheid was.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDie omvattende boek is 'n moet vir enigeen met 'n belangstelling in die Spesmagte. Dit neem jou na die hart van die aksie, die adrenalien en vrees van seewaartse operasies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Arne+Soderlund\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eArne Soderlund\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Douw+Steyn\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eDouw Steyn\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arne Soderlund,Douw Steyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376552329379,"sku":"9781868427796","price":340.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781868427796_7f81eaf6-1808-4dde-9d3f-25503e8cdc43.jpg?v=1776604294"},{"product_id":"9781868427772","title":"Iron Fist From the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Cabinda in Angola to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania 4 Reconnaissance Regiment conducted numerous clandestine seaborne raids during the Border War. They attacked strategic targets such as oil facilities, transport infrastructure and even Russian ships. All the while 4 Recce's existence and capability was largely kept secret, even within the South African Defence Force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith unparalleled access to previously top secret documents, 50 operations undertaken by 4 Recce, other Special Forces units and the South African Navy are described. The daunting Operation Kerslig (1981), in which an operator died in a raid on a Luanda oil refinery and others were injured, is retold in spine-tingling detail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book reveals the versatility and effectiveness of this elite unit and also tells of both the successes and failures of its actions. Sometimes missions go wrong, as in Operation Argon (1985) when Captain Wynand Du Toit was captured.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fascinating work will enthrall anyone with an interest in Special Forces operations. Iron Fist from the Sea takes you right to the raging surf, to the adrenalin and fear that is seaborne raiding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Arne+Soderlund\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eArne Soderlund\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Douw+Steyn\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eDouw Steyn\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arne Soderlund,Douw Steyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376553214115,"sku":"9781868427772","price":340.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781868427772_57c16c3a-9018-43a2-bd4b-9b7add1ec8e4.jpg?v=1776604289"},{"product_id":"9780624085232","title":"1 Recce Behind Enemy Lines Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e1 Recce, Behind Enemy Lines, takes the reader into the Recces' inside chamber. In their own words the Recces detail life-threatening operations performed under great secrecy. The reader sees the operators sweat in the airplane or submarine and experiences the danger with them when they face crocodile invested rivers in the middle of the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Alexander+Strachan\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAlexander Strachan\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alexander Strachan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376634052771,"sku":"9780624085232","price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780624085232_bee1481a-1c55-44e8-85cb-e35bcd69c170.jpg?v=1776480979"},{"product_id":"9780624085201","title":"1 Recce Agter vyandelike linies Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eDaar was hewige vuurgevegte, oorwinnings, maar ook verliese . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Recce, Agter vyandelike linies, neem die leser tot in die Recces se “binnekamer”. In hul eie woorde vertel Recce-operateurs van die lewensgevaarlike operasies wat hulle onder groot geheimhouding in die laat 1970's in Angola en Rhodesië uitgevoer het.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDie leser sien die operateurs sweet in die vliegtuig of duikboot en beleef die gevaar wanneer hulle in die nagdonker riviere met krokodille trotseer. Die spanning en adrenalien loop hoog wanneer die Recces springstof in 'n treintonnel diep in vyandelike gebied plaas of 'n groot brandstofbergingsplek in 'n Angolosese hawestad in 'n vlammehel omskep.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDié wat daar was vertel van die spanning, afwagting, vrees, adrenalien, moegheid, dors en hartseer wat hulle beleef het, maar ook van die humoristiese momente en die vriendskapsbande wat gesmee is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Recce, Agter vyandelike linies is Alexander Strachan, bekroonde skrywer en gewese Recce, se opvolgboek op sy topverkoper: 1 Recce, Die nag behoort aan ons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Alexander+Strachan\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAlexander Strachan\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alexander Strachan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376638574755,"sku":"9780624085201","price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780624085201_06652e65-3f9f-45d9-bd71-e6a44979c8e4.jpg?v=1776480974"},{"product_id":"9780624081524","title":"1 Recce The night belongs to us Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e1 Recce. One of the sharpest, most versatile and deadliest specialist units in the South African Defence Force. These men were superfit and unbelievably tough.\u003cbr\u003e Time and again they put their lives on the line in covert operations.\u003cbr\u003e The award-winning author Alexander Strachan, himself a former Recce, tells the story of 1 Recce's formation, history and role in the Bush War. After years of myth and secrecy, this book provides an inside look at the Recces and the work they did behind the scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Alexander+Strachan\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAlexander Strachan\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alexander Strachan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376765976739,"sku":"9780624081524","price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780624081524_d1a98485-4a65-4716-9e5a-fc6af0e92429.jpg?v=1776480557"},{"product_id":"9780620415231","title":"Buffalo Battalion","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the ashes of two Angolan wars – a terrorist and a civil war –  a new South African Army unit was born; a unit that had to fight\u003cbr\u003eSouth Africa’s terrorist war on Angola’s side of the border – a stepchild, hidden away aside in the bush.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBothma expertly covers the weal and woe of the unit in this fascinating book. When he discusses the war against SWAPO he\u003cbr\u003edoes not take sides – this is not an “us and them” story. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend reading it.\u003cbr\u003eEditor – Magnum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book may be seen as a watershed contribution to the so-called Border War literature that, until now, has been dominated by journalists and writers with questionable motives. Abel Esterhuyse – Militaria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBothma went to a great deal of trouble writing this eminently readable and valuable book, including visiting Northern Namibia\u003cbr\u003eand Southern Angola several times. Leon Engelbrecht – defenceWeb\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+LJ+Bothma\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eLJ Bothma\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"LJ Bothma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376801857699,"sku":"9780620415231","price":360.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780620415231_03b2c344-23ac-463c-86da-c80c5525ab67.jpg?v=1776476678"},{"product_id":"9781928248088","title":"Die Brug","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn vergeelde foto's van drie dekades gelede staan oopgesigseuns vol bravade voor Ratel-gevegsvoertuie. Hierdie dienspligtiges van 61 Gemeganiseerde Bataljongroep staan aan die begin van hul reis diep in Angola in om vir volk en vaderland te gaan veg.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 'n bloedige geveg op Valentynsdag 1988 en in die doodsakker by Tumpo sou hul jeugdige onskuld egter sneuwel. In die hitte van die gevegte kom die besef: Nou gaan dit nie oor ideologie nie, maar om oorlewing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNá die oorlog gaan die lewe voort, maar die vrae en geestelike letsels wyk nie. In 2018 keer 'n groep van dié ouddienspligtiges terug na Cuito Cuanavale op soek na afsluiting -  en om die wrak te vind van die Ratel waarin 'n makker op die laaste dag van die oorlog gesterf het.\t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDie Brug vertel van hul reis van jong man na veteraan en gee ook 'n stem aan die vroue in hul lewe. Dit is 'n verhaal van ontnugtering, maar ook van trotse kameraderie en genesing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Deon+Lamprecht\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eDeon Lamprecht\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Deon Lamprecht","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376872407203,"sku":"9781928248088","price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781928248088_a12590e2-9d5e-4ad8-9a1e-6fe8455bee0a.jpg?v=1776615903"},{"product_id":"9781868429301","title":"Gunship over Angola","description":"\u003cp\u003eSteve Joubert had always wanted to be a pilot and the only way he could afford to do so, was to join the South African Air Force in the late 1970s. As an adventurous young man with a wicked sense of humour, he tells of the many amusing escapades he had as a trainee pilot. But soon he is sent to fight in the Border War in northern Namibia (then South West Africa) where he is exposed to the carnage\u003cbr\u003eof war. The pilots of the Alouette helicopters were witness to some of the worst scenes of the Border War. Often, they were the first to arrive after a deadly landmine accident. In the fiercest battles their gunships regularly supplied life-saving air cover to troops on the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Steve+Joubert\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eSteve Joubert\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Steve Joubert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376927260835,"sku":"9781868429301","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781868429301_c37d7cd1-6b7c-41ee-9dca-32925368928c.jpg?v=1776604548"},{"product_id":"9780624088851","title":"1 Recce Onsigbaarheid is ons krag Volume 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eDie Slag van Cuito Cuanavale is al dekades lank 'n bron van hewige konflik en emosie, maar tot nou toe was min bekend oor die Recces se teenwoordigheid en impak tydens dié omstrede gevegte.\u003cbr\u003e In hierdie laaste boek van die spanningsvolle trilogie oor 1 Recce onthul Alexander Strachan, bekroonde skrywer en self  'n oud-Recce, meer oor die Recces se betrokkenheid daar.\u003cbr\u003e Propvol spanning, adrenalien, hoogdrama en onvergeetlike vertellings deur oud-Recces wat dié ervarings eerstehands beleef het.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Alexander+Strachan\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAlexander Strachan\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alexander Strachan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376933290147,"sku":"9780624088851","price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780624088851_14456ac4-ecb2-4581-ab8f-07b561855590.jpg?v=1776481360"},{"product_id":"9781928248033","title":"The SADF and Cuito Cuanavale","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1987\/88 the dusty southern Angolan town of Cuito Cuanavale became the scene of the final battles of the Border War. Today it is the focal point of the public debate over the question who actually won the war. The alliance of the Angolan MPLA government, Cuba and the Namibian freedom movement SWAPO claim that the South African Defence Force (SADF) wanted to use Cuito Cuanavale as a springboard for an advance on Luanda, but that they eventually forced the SADF to withdraw from Angola. This, in turn, helped to bring an end to apartheid, they contend. The leadership of the SADF, however, states that taking Cuito Cuanavale was never a serious objective and that they had no plans to overthrow the Angolan government.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Leopold+Scholtz\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eLeopold Scholtz\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Leopold Scholtz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377357242531,"sku":"9781928248033","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781928248033_50405f18-44e5-4480-9e00-b1d9122a5c99.jpg?v=1776615891"},{"product_id":"9781928248057","title":"Die SAW en Cuito Cuanavale","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Dit gebeur dikwels dat 'n skietoorlog deur 'n tweede oorlog gevolg word. Dié oorlog word nie met ammunisie of kartetse gevoer of met tenks en bomwerpers nie, maar met woorde. Die oorlog word as 't ware op papier oorgeveg.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1987-1988 was die stowwerige Angolese dorpie Cuito Cuanavale die toneel van die laaste gevegte van die Grensoorlog. Sedertdien is dit die fokuspunt van 'n openbare debat oor wie eintlik hierdie oorlog gewen het.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDie leierskorps van die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag (SAW) hou vol hulle is nooit verslaan nie, terwyl die alliansie van die Angolese MPLA-regering, Kuba en Swapo beweer hulle het die SAW uit Angola en Suidwes-Afrika verdryf. Hulle glo voorts die SAW wou Cuito Cuanavale beset en as afspringplek gebruik om Luanda in te neem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaar was Cuito Cuanavale ooit regtig 'n doelwit vir die Suid-Afrikaners? Dit is die vraag wat Leopold Scholtz vra wanneer hy onlangs gedeklassi-fiseerde dokumente in die weermagargief bestudeer en die taktiese en strategiese besluite ondersoek wat 'n bepalende rol in die ses groot veldslae van dié veldtog gespeel het.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSy kritiese ontleding wys hoe maklik propaganda en politiek in die pad van feite kan staan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Leopold+Scholtz\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eLeopold Scholtz\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Leopold Scholtz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377376903331,"sku":"9781928248057","price":320.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781928248057_ac5f8d81-7bcd-482e-b0dd-013154a6fa43.jpg?v=1776615895"},{"product_id":"9781776220076","title":"Born to Storm","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE STORM IN ME \u003cbr\u003eEMPOWER\u003cbr\u003eExperience the ruthlessness of life and adapt to it by realising that in the quest to survive, empowerment is required. Learn that this lifestyle has serious  consequences  for  the  good  and  for  the  bad.  Relentlessly  push forward to get into positions from where top-class military operations are executed which have serious strategic consequences. \u003cbr\u003eREBEL\u003cbr\u003eGets drawn into high profile criminal scenarios such as the RAUTEM murders of Robert Smit and his wife and be tainted by National Intelligence without having any way to prevent it. Just to be followed up by unchallengeable accusations of controlling the attempted Cue De Tat in the Seychelles. \u003cbr\u003eMANIPULATE\u003cbr\u003eUse intrinsic privilege knowledge and contacts to uncannily sway the military system successfully into a new era of Airborne Artillery. Manipulate Army generals and top management to authorise a most challenging and risky military operation with immense strategic impact. \u003cbr\u003eCHALLENGE\u003cbr\u003eChallenge God continuously about experiences right from the start through to the last Special Forces operation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHerman van Niekerk is a Retired South African Special Forces Colonel with a Masters degree in Business Administration. He left the military in 1999 after 27 years service and started his own company which specialized in security related training and development in South Africa and various other countries in Africa. In November 2010 he joined MARITIME RISK SOLUTIONS as Director of Operations and major shareholder, a company which protects vessels at sea against attacks from pirates and other criminals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Herman+van+Niekerk\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eHerman van Niekerk\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Herman van Niekerk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377429659811,"sku":"9781776220076","price":400.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781776220076_8336aeb2-13c9-453a-8c87-b52770b6ed34.jpg?v=1776581544"},{"product_id":"9780624093565","title":"Hunting with the Hawks","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese untold success stories of the elite crime fighting force, the Hawks, will keep you on the edge of your seat. From busting the criminals behind the biggest cash heist in South African history, to exposing illegal mining and the glamorous life of the kingpins of the Zama Zama's who live underground, to halting the planned murder of\u003cbr\u003ea husband by his greedy wife. These nine stories celebrate the police's work and illustrates how cunning the underworld can be. Masterfully told by investigative journalist Graham Coetzer, this book offers a rare glimpse into South Africa's top crime-fighting unit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Graham+Coetzer\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eGraham Coetzer\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Graham Coetzer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378256396451,"sku":"9780624093565","price":340.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780624093565_0589a973-2bab-437f-8c05-caea5098c807.jpg?v=1776482142"},{"product_id":"9781928248224","title":"20 Battles","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the past century, South Africa's military has established itself in several defining battles and operations. Preferring manoeuvre over attrition, and often punching above their weight, they have become known for their tenacity, dash, and ability to defy the odds. Their unique command style also sets them apart from other armies and has helped them excel in challenging circumstances\u003cbr\u003eIn 20 Battles, military historians Evert Kleynhans and David Brock Katz investigate how South Africa's way of war evolved over a 100-year period. They track the evolution of the doctrine and structure of the South African defence forces, rediscovering historical continuity, if any, and the lessons learned in past battles and operations such as Otavifontein, Delville Wood, Southern Ethiopia, Tobruk, Chiusi, Savannah, Cassinga, Cuito Cuanavale and Boleas \u003cbr\u003eThe book also identifies a number of firsts for the defence force, such as the first-ever deployment during the 1914 Industrial Strike; the varied deployments across different theatres during both world wars; the first large-scale cross-border deployments during the Border War; the first deployment of the new South African National Defence Force after 1994; and, culminating with the recent, and now infamous, Battle of Bangui\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Evert+Kleynhans\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eEvert Kleynhans\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+David+Brock+Katz\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eDavid Brock Katz\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Evert Kleynhans,David Brock Katz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378614780067,"sku":"9781928248224","price":320.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781928248224_2090f1dc-c7fb-4aba-a9a2-4d0acfd2d149.jpg?v=1776615929"},{"product_id":"9780624093985","title":"Diensplig: Hoekom stotter ons pa's so?","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnelia Heese hervertel die rou en soms skokkende stories van Suid-Afrikaanse mans wat in die 1970's en 1980's verplig is om weermagdiens te doen. Sy gesels onder meer met die bekroonde joernalis Murray La Vita, die skrywer Deon Lambrecht, genl. Roland De Vries, en talle ander oor wat hulle destyds deurgemaak het. Die meeste dienspligtiges was eintlik maar nog seuns toe hulle gedwing is om aan te tree en hul hare onseremonieël afgeskeer is.\u003cbr\u003eHulle praat hier eerlik oor patrollies in die townships, die eerste “kontak”, die eerste keer toe iemand 'n makker verloor het, hoe sommige “terrie-ore” versamel het, en die interne stryd wat dikwels agterna gevolg het.\u003cbr\u003eAnelia vra soms ongemaklike vrae om haarself en ander, veral jonger Suid-Afrikaners, te help sin maak van diensplig en die nadraai daarvan. Bowenal wie nou eintlik die vyand was, en wat dit beteken om jou land te dien . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Anelia+Heese\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAnelia Heese\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+ATKV2024wenner\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eATKV2024wenner\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Anelia Heese,ATKV2024wenner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378623135907,"sku":"9780624093985","price":310.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780624093985_0db0ca75-08a4-49f0-917b-c0bb48ce6cff.jpg?v=1776482238"},{"product_id":"9781990956546","title":"The MiG Diaries","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat was it like to fly a MiG at 1,100km\/h in combat over Angola?\u003cbr\u003eMost books on the Angolan Bush War, especially those in English, present the South African perspective of events. Now a former\u003cbr\u003eMiG-23 Squadron Commander of the Cuban Air Force has collaborated with an ex-SAAF pilot to paint a remarkable new picture of the aerial conflict over Angola in the 1980s.\u003cbr\u003eIn The MiG Diaries the recollections of Lt-Col Eduardo González Sarría are blended by Lionel Reid with those of air combatants from the Angolan, Cuban and South African air forces. Many are being published for the first time. Using their own aviation knowledge and experience of the conflict, Sarría and Reid combine the accounts of these diverse combatants - former comrades and foe - to provide original insights into, and a more holistic description of, what happened in the skies over Angola. The results, often quite different to what the opposing sides had believed, reveal a surprising, and more complete, picture of events.\u003cbr\u003eThe wonderful sketching pencil of Sean Thackwray, himself a former fighter pilot, helps to bring this unique story to life, along with select images, including many not seen in print in South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Lt-Col+Eduardo+Gonz%C3%A1lez+Sarr%C3%ADa+\u0026amp;+Lionel+Reid\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eLt-Col Eduardo González Sarría \u0026amp; Lionel Reid\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lt-Col Eduardo González Sarría \u0026 Lionel Reid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378632638627,"sku":"9781990956546","price":385.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781990956546_1847ee96-75a2-494b-8600-433c5a927c38.jpg?v=1776619393"},{"product_id":"9781776094738","title":"The Battle of Bangui","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe inside story of South Africa's worst military scandal since apartheid\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'A powerful cocktail of searing front-line war reportage, investigative journalism, and history… with echoes of Black Hawk Down, of Rorke's Drift, and of Heart of Darkness'   - Andrew Harding, BBC foreign correspondent and author \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn March 2013, South Africa suffered its worst military defeat since the end of apartheid. After a battle that lasted almost two days, 200 crack troops who engaged 7 000 rebels in the Central African Republic were forced to negotiate a ceasefire at their base. Thirteen South African soldiers died in the battle, with two more later succumbing to their wounds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe mission was shrouded in mystery from the start. The deployment and the diplomatic machinations that led to it were kept secret from the South African public and Parliament. So, too, were an assortment of shadowy commercial interests held by businessmen, some with close ties to the African National Congress. In an investigation spanning more than seven years, the authors gained exclusive access to the soldiers who fought valiantly against overwhelming odds; travelled to Bangui to obtain documentation and meet the rebel leaders who took part in the battle; interviewed a deposed dictator living in exile in Paris; and spoke to the widows of the fallen soldiers. They also met influential fixers and dealmakers, and unearthed secret files containing bribe agreements to unravel an intricate web of corruption and patronage reaching the highest echelons of power in South Africa and the CAR.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAfter close to a decade of speculation and rumour, The Battle of Bangui lays bare for the first time both the litany of strategic, tactical and logistical blunders that ended in military disaster, and the secret diplomatic and commercial deals that led to South Africa's worst foreign misadventure of the democratic era. It's also a cracking war story filled with heroism, camaraderie, terror, pathos and triumph over adversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Warren+Thompson\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eWarren Thompson\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Stefan+Hofstatter\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eStefan Hofstatter\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+James+Oatway\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eJames Oatway\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Warren Thompson,Stefan Hofstatter,James Oatway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378811912355,"sku":"9781776094738","price":380.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781776094738_15e22e77-41b8-43c9-a401-2762be850c3e.jpg?v=1776580193"},{"product_id":"9781612009438","title":"Gunship Ace","description":"\u003cp\u003eA former South African Air Force pilot who saw action throughout the region from the 1970s, Neall Ellis is the best-known mercenary combat aviator alive. Apart from flying Alouette helicopter gunships in Angola, he has fought in the Balkan War (for Islamic forces), flown Mi-8s for Executive Outcomes, and thereafter an Mi-8 fondly dubbed“Bokkie” for Colonel Tim Spicer in Sierra Leone. For the past two years, as a “civilian contractor,” Ellis has been flying helicopter support missions in Afghanistan, where, he reckons, he has had more close shaves than in his entire previous four-decade career; twice he turned the enemy back from the gates of Freetown, effectively preventing the rebels from overrunning Sierra Leone’s capital. Known as Nellis to his friends, he was also the first mercenary to work hand-in-glove with British ground and air assets in a modern guerrilla war.\nThis book describes the full career of this storied aerial warrior, from the bush and jungles of Africa to the forests of the Balkans and the merciless mountains of today’s Afghanistan. Along the way the reader encounters a multi-ethnic array of enemies ranging from ideological to cold-blooded to pure evil, as well as well as examples of incredible heroism for hire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Al+J.+Venter\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAl J. Venter\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Al J. Venter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378843107491,"sku":"9781612009438","price":320.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781612009438_3958920d-a2a6-4d43-ad7d-664a4bf19c91.jpg?v=1776567899"},{"product_id":"9781485311676","title":"Eerste daar","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrig.genl. Willem (Kaas) van der Waals kyk terugskouend na sy loopbaan wat gekenmerk is deur veelsydigheid — valskermsoldaat en instrukteur, operasionele diens in SWA, Angola en Rhodesië, militêre diplomaat en SAW se hoof van buitelandse betrekkinge. Hy was ook dosent in strategiese studies, hoof van sielkundige oorlogvoering, inligtingsoffisier en strategiese beplanner by die sekretariaat van die Staatsveiligheidsraad. Daarna is hy die eerste veiligheidshoof van die stad Pretoria. Dis juis díé veelsydigheid wat hom enersyds met gesagsfigure in die weermag laat bots het en andersyds wyd aanwendbaar gemaak het.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+W.S+van+der+Waals\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eW.S van der Waals\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"W.S van der Waals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378860015779,"sku":"9781485311676","price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781485311676_a7626c1f-768a-4bea-9fba-38de4e75fa02.jpg?v=1776551660"},{"product_id":"9781928248187","title":"Blood Brothers","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn 10 June 1980, during a seemingly endless day of bloody fighting, 13 men of the South African Defence Force died and several more were wounded after 61 Mechanised Infantry Battalion Group attacked a vast complex of Swapo military bases in Angola.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring Operation Smokeshell second lieutenant Paul Louw led his platoon in four Ratel infantry fighting vehicles. In the ensuing chaos of that day 12 national servicemen of his platoon of 44 were killed and he himself was wounded. In a separate incident during the fighting his company second-in-command was also slain. One of his troops, 18-year-old HP Ferreira, was shot through the pelvis by a 14,5 mm anti-aircraft round and also hit by AK-47 bullets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouw spent the night drenched in the blood and guts of his men, hunkered down with a handful of other survivors in a Ratel destroyed by an RPG 7 rocket, isolated from the rest of the South African attack force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlood Brothers records the dramatic events that took place during Operation Smokeshell, as told by the survivors of the battle. It investigates the human cost of war after the last shots have been fired and follows the veterans as they return to the battle site four decades later in search of peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Deon+Lamprecht\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eDeon Lamprecht\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Deon Lamprecht","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378872598691,"sku":"9781928248187","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781928248187_10a2dc11-32f5-4cb5-b89c-e696efc7108c.jpg?v=1776615925"},{"product_id":"9781067234621","title":"Valskermbataljon verhale","description":"\u003cp\u003eValskermbataljon-verhale is stories van moed, deursettingsvermoë, gevaar, humor, vasbyt en verlies wat die leser by tye laat regop sit, glimlag en ook diep laat nadink.\u003cbr\u003eEerlike, rou en op-die-man-af-stories geskryf deur manne van dié elite-eenheid oor oomblikke wat hulle nooit sal vergeet nie.\u003cbr\u003eValskermbataljon-verhale laat hul ervarings lewe soos net hulle dit onthou en geskryf het.\u003cbr\u003eHierdie is 'n boek nie net vir en oor soldate nie, maar vir elkeen wat nog ooit gewonder het oor die manne in maroen, hul valskerms en die eenheid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Mike+Bolhuis\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eMike Bolhuis\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mike Bolhuis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379535233187,"sku":"9781067234621","price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781067234621_a58208ea-4f85-4a49-8324-f8a2862de0f6.jpg?v=1776519478"},{"product_id":"9780624088820","title":"1 Recce Through Stealth our Strength Volume 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e In the last book of the nail-biting trilogy about 1 Recce, the award-winning author Alexander Strachan, himself an ex-Recce, reveals more on the Recces' involvement there.\u003cbr\u003e Packed with suspense, adrenaline, high drama and unforgettable accounts by ex-Recces who experienced these adventures personally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Alexander+Strachan\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAlexander Strachan\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alexander Strachan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379705036963,"sku":"9780624088820","price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780624088820_8b13d656-8b26-4e26-af2b-a7809e3430a2.jpg?v=1776481356"},{"product_id":"9780624093046","title":"Across the Border","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorman McFarlane was a teenager just out of high school when he was conscripted for national service and sent to Angola. Like so many other ordinary troopies, he was thrown into the horror, deprivation and banality of war during Operation Savannah (1975─1976), the apartheid regime's secret campaign to influence the outcome of Angolan independence.\u003cbr\u003eHe recounts his loss of innocence in Angola, the subsequent ‘camps’ and his journey towards confronting his post-traumatic stress disorder. Told with disarming honesty and humour, he gives voice to a generation of white South African men forced into a grisly, life-defining experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Norman+McFarlane\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eNorman McFarlane\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Norman McFarlane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379906625699,"sku":"9780624093046","price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780624093046_d7511252-03a1-4705-b350-657b2b4fc2dc.jpg?v=1776482028"},{"product_id":"9781928248248","title":"A Breed Apart: The Inside Story of a Recce's Special Forces Training Year","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the years, many have signed up for the South African Special Forces selection course but only a select few have ever passed. The gruelling course pushes recruits to their physical and mental limits.\u003cbr\u003eThose who make it through selection still have to complete a demanding year-long training cycle before they can join the ranks of this elite unit. In A Breed Apart, former Special Forces operator Johan Raath offers a rare insider's view on the training he and other young soldiers received in the mid-1980s. Drawing on the reminiscences of his fellow Recces, he describes the phases of selection and training and offers valuable insights into what makes a successful operator.\u003cbr\u003eThe courses in the training cycle show the range and standard of Special Forces training, including weapons handling, bushcraft\/survival, parachuting, demolitions and urban warfare, as well as seaborne and riverine operations. For Raath and his cycle buddies, the training cycle culminated in an operation in southern Angola where the young Recces saw action for the first time.\u003cbr\u003eMuch of what Raath underwent still forms part of present-day Special Forces training. Comprehensive and revealing, this book shows why these soldiers truly are a breed apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Johan+Raath\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eJohan Raath\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Johan Raath","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380255899811,"sku":"9781928248248","price":320.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781928248248_7c984b57-ebe1-4d7a-9b62-35d3334c2161.jpg?v=1776615933"},{"product_id":"9780620486439","title":"Border War Badges","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book covers South Africa, South West Africa and the Homelands Military and Police metal and cloth badges, flashes, stable belt buckles, buttons and brassards. The time frame is 1964-1994. There are 5969 actual full colour photographs of these items as well as descriptions on all items. This is a must have for Militaria collectors as well as all who served during that period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Andrew+Ross+Dinnes\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAndrew Ross Dinnes\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Andrew Ross Dinnes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380728610979,"sku":"9780620486439","price":420.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780620486439_95f98c7e-6158-4992-9da2-96b22744d995.jpg?v=1776476744"},{"product_id":"9780624094814","title":"Bush Brothers: Life and Death Across the Border","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom basic training to witnessing atrocities across the border, this is the story of thousands of infantrymen who were deployed in the SADF, on or across the Border. Colourful characters, hilarious anecdotes and wild partying are interspersed with introspective passages where the author reflects on the warrior spirit awakened by adrenaline and danger, and the life-and-death choices troops were forced into making. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Steve+De+Witt\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eSteve De Witt\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Steve De Witt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47381022539939,"sku":"9780624094814","price":340.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780624094814_581ec4a3-e183-46c6-91d7-e83ab3ee12f9.jpg?v=1776482393"},{"product_id":"9781431435265","title":"Don't Look Left: A Diary of Genocide","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a Foreword by Pulitzer Prize Winner Chris Hedges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn October 7, Israeli territory around the Erez border of Gaza Strip was invaded by Hamas's\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAl-Qassam Brigades, killing over 1,000 people. In response to this, the people of Gaza have been subjected to nearly eight months of wholesale genocide. Over 36,000 civilians have been killed, an estimated million made homeless and displaced, tens of thousands injured, and an entire population traumatised. Never in living history has such an atrocity been perpetrated in plain sight of the world's leaders and mainstream media, who have all managed to give it their complete backing. Images and video clips of hourly horrors and tragedies have spread around the world, combatted by fake news propagated not by dark conspiratorial corners on the web, but by corporate media outlets and politicians. Baseless Israeli propaganda and deliberately biased framing has been fed to journalists and repeated, without question, on the front pages of the world's newspapers and in the mouths of TV pundits and politicians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the few voices of Gaza to make it out into Western media has been that of writer Atef Abu Saif, whose edited diary entries have been occasionally serialised in The New York Times, Washington Post, Le Monde and elsewhere. Here, the complete, unedited diaries show the journey of a man who arrived in Gaza just a few days before October 7 as a government minister and ended the period, like most other Palestinians, living in a tent in a refugee camp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Atef+Abu+Saif\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAtef Abu Saif\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Atef Abu Saif","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47381046984867,"sku":"9781431435265","price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781431435265_e4331386-2791-431c-ac4d-fdb8e7efdf64.jpg?v=1776536597"}],"url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/collections\/history-military.oembed?page=2","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}