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General Jannie Geldenhuys is widely regarded as one of the leading military commanders South Africa has ever produced. As Chief of the South African Defence Force from 1985 to 1990 he brought his experience to bear on the South African Border War, and was part of the negotiating team which brought an end to the conflict in 1989. In this completely revised and updated edition, Geldenhuys reflects on a life defined as much by a military career spanning more than four decades as it was by politics and indeed the need for peace on the African sub-continent. At the Front covers the years before and during the protracted Border War. But rather than a blow-by-blow official history, it consists of Geldenhuys personal experiences and insights. These include facts unknown to civilians and even to some high-ranking military officials. In particular, Geldenhuys sheds light on the final years of the conflict and the negotiated settlement. Geldenhuys also writes of his early years, as he evolved from a rugby-mad young subaltern officer to a deep-thinking, reflective man with ever-sharpening insights into, war, peace, politics and, most of all, himself. Softcover, 394 pages. Published 2008  ABOUT THE AUTHOR:  General Johannes ('Jannie') Geldenhuys SSAS SD SOE SM GCIH ORB, is a former South African military commander who served as Chief of the South African Defence Force between 1985 and 1990. Born in Kroonstad on 5 February 1935, he obtained a BMil from the University of Pretoria before joining 1 Special Service Battalion. Later he went on to higher command in 1977, serving as commander of South West Africa Command, a post he held until 1980, when he served in the position of General Officer Commanding the South West African Territorial Force. After this he became Chief of the Army, before being promoted to the position of Chief of the South African Defence Force on the 31st of October 1985. In this role, he took part in negotiations that brought the Border War to an end in 1989, after 23 years of fighting.

  This is a fascinating book that covers the military career of General Jannie Geldenhuys, including his role in military operations against SWAPO, MAPLA and the Cubans during the "Border War" in Angola. This book reveals how Castro tried to dress up political, economic and military failures in Angola as glorious triumphs. He provides actual numbers and details of the myth of Cuito Cuanavales and how the Marxist forces were defeated there. The author takes you through the dynamics and strategies that defeated the Communist forces trying to establish a totalitarian regime in Angola and Namibia. The South Africans, with inferior forces, were able to achieve almost every military objective, producing some ingenious strategies and causing a high rate of casualties to a numerically superior enemy. They didn't lose the military battles but lost the political one. Cuito Cuanavales was the last part of a series of battles that started as the South Africans, like many times before, stopped and defeated the last big Cuban/Fapla/Russians offensive against UNITA main bases, obliterating the FAPLA's offensive of 1987. The South Africans had the MAPLA and their Cubans advisers on the run. They were picking them apart at will, but they stopped because of a series of events, like the UNITA false alarm about the possibility of incoming Cuban MIGs and the rotation of the South African troops after the end of their military service cycle, etc. This gave the retreating MAPLA enough time to cross the river and dig in to fight for their lives, and stop the South Africans from annihilating them. All the MAPLA/Cubans did at Cuito was create an immense mine zone and defend it, to stop the South Africans from destroying the remaining troops. When one looks back and counts the number of casualties the South Africans inflicted on them before they crossed the river, you can see that the MAPLA/CUBANS suffered major casualties vs. the light number of casualties suffered by the South Africans. Then one can ask: who won the battle when one side lost thousands of soldiers just before they dug in? Cuito Cuanavales wasn't a typical clear cut defeat like the South Africans were used to inflicting on the FAPLA/Cubans because they didn't finish them, but it wasn't a Cuban victory like Castro put it. This gave Castro the opportunity to claim a "victory" that wasn't there via his propaganda machine and use it to leave Angola for good without being seen by those that weren't in the battle field as a defeated army. For the Marxist-Communist regimes, perceptions are more important than facts and no matter what the Cuban propaganda says, the facts are that FLAPA-Cubans suffered many humiliating losses at the hands of the numerically outnumbered South African army.   Hardcover:  328 pages Publisher:  Jonathan Ball; 1st Edition edition (1995) Language:  English

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers - reprint 2010 Format: Softcover (393 pages) Book condition: Good +++ Postage cost: Post Office - Standard postal rate (tracked) R50 OR PostNet2PostNet Courier Fee R99

Hardcover. English. Jonathan Ball. 1994 1st ed. ISBN: 1868420205. 328 pp with bw illustrations and maps as eps. Very good condition with good dw. The inside story of the war that raged in the closing days of the apartheid regime - in Namibia, Angola and Mozambique. The author was the SADF Chief of Staff at the time, a professional soldier of the highest calibre, who played a major role in enabling South Afruica to avoid disaster in unwinnable wars. Book No: 28636/2501058

 GENERAL SMUTS by SARAH GERTRUDE MILLIN - THE SECOND VOLUME This is a hard covered book with no dust cover of 496 pages. The hard covers are worn and they are rust marks on some pages where paper clips have been left. Otherwise in good condition, no pages torn or missing. •The postage on this item will be R70.00 within S. A. (with tracking) •If outside South Africa please contact me re payment & postage before bidding. •I do not have a PayPal facility. •Please email any queries. •If you think the description in my listing is incorrect, please email me. •The photograph you are viewing in this listing is the actual item for sale.      

      General Horatio Gates is honoured on the second in the U.S. Mint's ten-piece series of reproductions of America's first Medals, voted by the Continental Congress to commemorate the decisive military action of the Revolutionary War. The medal was awarded to General Horatio Gates for the defeat of British plans to isolate New England by occupying the Hudson Valley. The pewter token is the size of an U.S. Silver Dollar. Comes in the original holder with a brief history of medal and General Horatio Gates. The medal is approximately 38mm in diameter.

General Botha by Earl Buxton. Biography of a Boer hero Biography of General Louis Botha by the Governor General of the Union and High Commissioner of South Africa, Earl Buxton,   who knew him from the outbreak of the First World War until his death five years later. Portrait frontispiece with printed signature, black and white photos. Publisher: London, John Murray, first edition reprint 1924. 341pp. Pull out map.Illustration of title page  Condition; Green original cloth with spine and edge shelf frayed, age yellowin, ex-libri marksand stamps. Good firm condition. Packaging and Postage R60 (in S.A.)   POSTING WILL ONLY BE DONE ON MONDAYS IN ORDER TO CUT OVERHEAD COSTS SUCH A S TRAVELLING (FUEL), PARKING FEES, PACKAGING AND POSTAGE, IN ORDER TO KEEP MY PRICES LOW AND REASONABLE. Should you wish to make other arrangements or need a book(s)/item(s) urgently, please let me know. N.B.: It is cheaper to purchase more than one book at a time, as postage for the first 1 kg remains R60 and R10 per extra book after 1 kg. So do browse through my PoggioBooks BOB page.   

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General Smuts by R. H. Kiernan. Africana, Military History   A biography smuts as a soldier, philosopher and far-sighted statesman. With nine illustrations in half-tone and two maps.     Publishers: George G. Harrap. London, first published in , reprinted January p.   Condition: ex-library book with stamps and erasures on frontispiece, title page and back page, p 21 repaired, photo on frontispiece removed. Slight yellowing of pages, leather binding and book in good condition. 180x120mm   Packaging and Postage R28 POSTING WILL ONLY BE DONE ON FRIDAYS IN ORDER TO CUT OVERHEAD COSTS SUCH AS TRAVELLING (FUEL), PARKING FEES, PACKAGING AND POSTAGE, IN ORDER TO KEEP MY PRICES LOW AND REASONABLE FOR . Should you wish to make other arrangements or need a book(s)/item(s) urgently, please let me know. N.B.: It is cheaper to purchase more than one book at a time, as postage for the first 1 kg remains R28 and R6 per extra book after 1 kg. So do browse through my PoggioBooks BOB page.