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From the searing heat of the Zambezi Valley to the freezing cold of the Chimanimani Mountains in Rhodesia, from the bars in Port St Johns in the Transkei to the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa, this is the story of one man's fight against terror, and his conscience. Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother or son called up in the defense of the war-torn, landlocked little country. A few of these brave men would have been members of the elite and secretive unit that struck terror into the hearts of the ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas infiltrating the country at that time - the Selous Scouts. These men were highly trained and disciplined, with skills to rival the SAS, Navy Seals and the US Marines, although their dress and appearance were wildly unconventional: civilian clothing with blackened, hairy faces to resemble the very people they were fighting against. Twice decorated - with the Member of the Legion of Merit (MLM) and the Military Forces' Commendation (MFC) - Andrew Balaam was a member of the Rhodesian Light Infantry and later the Selous Scouts, for a period spanning twelve years. This is his honest and insightful account of his time as a pseudo operator. His story is brutally truthful, frightening, sometimes humorous and often sad. In later years, after Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, he was involved with a number of other former Selous Scouts in the attempted coups in the Ciskei, a South African homeland, and Lesotho, an independent nation, whose only crimes were supporting the African National Congress. Training terrorists, or as they preferred to be called, 'liberation armies', to conduct a war of terror on innocent civilians, was the very thing he had spent the last ten years in Rhodesia fighting against. This is the true, untold story of these failed attempts at governmental overthrows This book is imported on demand and dispatched within 15 working days depending on supplier Specifications Author: Andrew Balaam Binding: Paperback EAN: 9781909982772 ISBN: 1909982776 Label: Helion and Company Manufacturer: Helion and Company Number Of Pages: 288 PublicationDate: 2014-11-19 Publisher: Helion and Company Studio: Helion and Company    

Subtitle: A Record of the 9th Field Company South African Engineer Corps, July - July Editor: Major J. N. Cowin Publisher: Gover, Dando & Co. () Edition: First Edition Book Condition: Red cloth boards with gold lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Internally clean and well bound. Light marking on the fore-edge. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ has been repaired internally with small pieces of sellotape. Jacket is bright, but rubbed with light chipping and a few closed tears.  Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 161 Dimensions: 22.3 x 15 x 1.5 cm +++ Edited by Major J. N. Cowin +++ A record of the 9th Field Company South African Engineer Corps from July to July .   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

To Everything Its Season, The Story Of a Game Reserve by Gillliam Rattray A first edition hardcover published by Jonathan Ball in Cream covered boards with red writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions, light foxing to front & rear flyleaves, dustjacket is complete clean & bright, a very nice copy. Postal cost within South Africa will be R Overseas buyers can contact us for a postal quote Abe #

The Buffalo Soldiers - The Story of South Africa's 32 Battalion 1975-1993 By: Col. Jan Breytenbach A softcover edition published by Galago in 2004 Picture cover boards are clean & bright but with bump at rear cover spine top & light rub book ends Postage within South Africa R50.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation

Ship 16 - By Mohr & Sellwood Reprint Edition, Soft Cover, Published By Amberley 2008 Cover Boards Are Clean & Bright With Minimal Edge Rubbing & Slight Creasing To The Corners. Binding Is Tight & Strong. Light Browning & Minimal Foxing To The Pages. Postage Within South Africa Will Be R30.00 Overseas Buyers Can Contact Us For A Postal Quote.

Subtitle: The Story of South Africa's 32 Battalion Author: Colonel Jan Breytenbach Publisher: Galago Publishing () Edition: First Edition ISBN-10: X ISBN-13: Dust Jacket Condition: DJ has light creasing to edges, but is othewise VG+  Bright, clean with no chips or tears. Book Condition: Very Good. A very clean copy. Some wear and a small tear at spine. Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 360 Dimensions: 25 x 18 x 3 cm +++ by Colonel Jan Breytenbach +++ The only authorized story of the founding of 32 Battalion, by its founding father, Col. Jan Breytenbach.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

Jan Christiaan Smuts: His Character & Life - An Illustrated Story In Verse By Arnold Rieck **SIGNED COPY** First Edition, Hard Cover, Published By Arnold Rieck Cover Boards Are Black With Gold Text To The Front & To The Spine, Clean & Bright With Minimal Edge Rubbing. Binding Is Tight & Strong. SIGNED By The Author On The Title Page In Blue Pen. Tape Marks To The Front & Rear End-Papers, Light Browning & Minimal Foxing To The Pages. Dust Jacket Is Complete, Has Small Pieces Missing To The Edges Due To Rubbing, Also Has Light Browning & Foxing, Has Not Been Price Clipped. Postage Within South Africa Will Be R Overseas Buyers Can Contact Us For A Postal Quote.

 Hardcover, sixth impression published by George Allen & Unwin, July 1953. The paper jacket has some minor loss to spine ends, and several small tears, and light rubbing to folds and extremities. The colours are still bright. The boards are clean, square and unmarked, as are all the pages. A true story of espionage in Norway during World War Two, where as part of the Norwegian resistance,  the author reported on enemy shipping.