BUSH WAR RELATED: ON THE BORDER 1965-1990. IN SOUTH AFRICA

WILLIAMS, David. On the Border 1965-1990. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2008. First Edition. The Border - for an entire generation of white South African men, this was code for the undeclared war in Angola and South West Africa (now Namibia) that began with a few skirmishes in the late 1960s and ended, twenty years later, with the most intense and extended conventional battles ever fought in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 600,000 men were called up by the South African Defence Force between 1968 and 1990. Much of what they did remained secret, the full story untold. In On the Border, David Williams captures the complexities of an era which is recalled with bitterness or nostalgia, often both, but which few who lived through can ever forget. 151pp., b+w photos. Near Fine. Previous Owner's bookmark neatly embossed on first 2 pages.. Pictorial Laminated Wrappers. (##2322) sadf, sanw, sandf, saw, bosoorlog, bush war, coin, teeninsurgensie, weermag, army, defence force, leër, grensoorlog, border war, national service, nasionale diensplig, dienspligtiges, troepe, troepie, troops, roof, oumanne, min dae,