Soldiers once young

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Soldiers in the Shadows: Unknown Warriors who Changed the Course of History   Author: William Weir Publisher: Bounty Books, London Edition: First Edition, 2006 Condition: Excellent. Really clean with tight binding. Binding: Hardcover with dustcover Pages: 281 Numerous black & white photographs.   Additional Information   Soldiers in the Shadows: Unknown Warriors who Changed the Course of History resurrects the actions of 10 soldiers who for one reason or another, are all but forgotten. The book contends that these controversial military leaders, in various ways over the course of a century, played a great part in eliminating the old-world order of mother countries and colonies, of the free and the enslaved. The book pulls these soldiers out of the shadows and shines a spotlight on the fascinating military stories surrounding them.   Soldiers in the Shadows: Unknown Warriors who Changed the Course of History is the result of meticulous research and provides an unconventional glimpse of history spanning from the years leading up to the American Civil War to the Vietnam War. Focusing also on Strategies, tactics, famous contemporaries and the shape of the changing world. The book shows how each of these unknown warriors was brave, resourceful and often a brilliant soldier.   Please note that we refer the right to close our auctions at any time Please refer to all images for condition, as this form an integral part of the description Payment to be processed within 2 days of auction closing Item will be posted on the first Saturday following receipt of payment. We are not responsible for damages to or loss of items once posted The item is second hand and sold as such with no warranty or guarantee implied, expressed or given. Regretfully, no buyers from outside the borders of South Africa

  Soldiers: A History of Men in Battle Author: John Keegan & Richard Holmes with a Foreword by Frederick Forsyth Publisher: Sphere Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom Edition: First Edition 1985 Condition: Good – Slight wear and tear to dust jacket, other wise clean copy with tight binding    Binding: Hardcover Pages: 288. Several colour, black & white photographs   Additional Information   The book of the major BBC TV Series Please note that we refer the right to close our auctions at any time Please refer to all images for condition, as this form an integral part of the description Payment to be processed within 2 days of auction closing Item will be posted on the first Saturday following receipt of payment. We are not responsible for damages to or loss of items once posted The item is second hand and sold as such with no warranty or guarantee implied, expressed or given. Bidders to request detail of shipping options and costs International bidders to kindly request details of shipping costs

Buy Young Soldiers Amazing Warriors by Robert Sholly **SIGNED COPY** for R300.00

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Many years ago a slighted fairy placed a curse on a beautiful young princess--a curse that caused her and all her female descendants to turn into mean, ugly witches if they ever touched a flower after turning sixteen. Now, Princess Emma, who is about to turn sixteen herself, is determined to break the spell once and for all. Emma travels back in time to the day the curse was placed on her ancestor in the hope of preventing the curse from being cast. Unfortunately she isn't successful in her efforts, but she does learn how to break it. Armed with this knowledge, Emma returns to her own time full of hope. But disaster ensues and Emma is about to give up completely--until true love shows itself in the most unexpected place of all. Features Summary Many years ago a slighted fairy placed a curse on a beautiful young princess--a curse that caused her and all her female descendants to turn into mean... Author E.D. Baker Publisher Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books Release date Pages 244 ISBN ISBN

The Soldiers   Author: Willem Steenkamp Publisher: Don Nelson, Cape Town     Edition: First Edition 1978 ISBN:   0 909238 34 0 Condition: Good. Library copy. Reflects library stamps and tags, Wear & tear to dustcover, otherwise a clean copy with tight binding Binding: Hardcover Pages: 144. Various black & white photographs and maps     Additional Information South Africans are a warlike breed, although not militaristic by nature. therefore it’s hardly surprising that in its troubled history, this country and its territories which became part of it, have produced generation after generation of daring generals. Some of them, like Louis Botha and Jan Christian Smuts, went onto greater fame as statesmen; others were fighting men pure and simple.   The Soldiers presents six of the warriors, two fro each of the great wars vin which South Africans fought between 1899 and 19454. Tro a remarkable degree their stories are intertwined; sometimes they fought against each other; at other times one would be a young soldier serving under a great general, not knowing that in later years he in turn would at the lonely pinnacle of a supreme leadership in the filed   Please note that we refer the right to close our auctions at any time Please refer to all images for condition, as this form an integral part of the description Payment to be processed within 2 days of auction closing Item will be posted on the first Saturday following receipt of payment. We are not responsible for damages to or loss of items once posted The item is second hand and sold as such with no warranty or guarantee implied, expressed or given. Regretfully, no buyers from outside the borders of South Africa

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Books of Zimbabwe, 1980. Hard cover with dust cover, 159 pages. Very good condition. The dust cover has wear and tearUnder 1kg. "T'he war to end all wars', an epic of sacrifice and endurance, witnessed a remarkable contribution by Southern Rhodesia, and this book describes the part played by this young and extraordinary nation. Many countries remained peaceful backwaters in the years 1914-18, but Southern Rhodesia was not among those which remained aloof. Rhodesians patriotically flocked to the colours in August 1914, impatient to get to the battlefronts. Hundreds of them died or were maimed in this romantic pursuit of the glory of war; illusions were shattered like the bodies of the victims, and few who survived were unmarked by the nightmare through which they had lived. The Western Front has cast its eerie spell over images of the Great War but the conflict was spread across half the globe, and black and white Rhodesians also stormed into battle in the dunes of South West Africa, in the thorn scrub of disease-ridden East Africa, in Palestine, Bulgaria, in the air and at sea. The war accelerated the emergence of a Rhodesian nation; only a minority of those who fought had been born in the country, but they identified themselves as Rhodesians and banded together into Rhodesian units. ' Peter McLaughlin manages skilfully to convey the whole local background, the simple unawareness of the complex issues involved in the European conflict on the part of the folks back home in the Rhodesia of 1914. In their pathetic eagerness they packed off every able-bodied man in support of an unrequited common loyalty and patriotism. '  

CONTENTS:  Look-see on Planet ROKH,  Day of the Doom, The dead Planet. ILLUSTRATOR W.M. IRELAND. Schofield & Sims Softback st Impression, well-binded clean pages, 101 pages good condition, 101 pages.    

Jonathan Ball Publishers, 1999. Hard cover with dust cover, 274 pages. Very good condition; tightly bound, neat and clean. Under 1kg. The Boer War (1899-1902) witnessed the professionals of the British Army pitted against the gifted amateurs who led the Boer commandos. For the Boers, it was a struggle for independence; for Britain, an attempt once and for all to assert her political supremacy in South Africa. While sheer weight of numbers and ruthless tactics eventually secured a British military victory, the extraordinary Boer effort won respect worldwide. This is an in-depth study of the principal commanders on both sides, in a conflict that was both "the last of the gentlemen's wars" and the first modern one. The three British Commanders-in-Chief were established regular soldiers who stood high in public esteem when they went out to South Africa. For Roberts, the war was a final triumph, albeit somewhat tainted when it dragged on for another year and a half after his departure; for Kitchener, it was a tedious and exhausting interlude which delayed his appointment as Commander-in-Chief in India; and for Buller, the graveyard of his reputation. The Boer Generals were Louis Botha, Christiaan de Wet, Koos de la Rey and Jan Smuts, of whom the first three were farmers and legislators with little conventional military experience. Smuts, after a brilliant academic career at Cambridge, was a senior but very young state official. In the course of the war, the men proved in different ways to have outstanding natural military ability. For De Wet, this was a time of fulfilment when all his special gifts came into play; for Smuts and Botha, it was a preparation for their future careers as politicians; and for De la Rey, who hated war, it was a heavy but unavoidable duty which he discharged with distinction. Peter Trew's narrative examines each personality separately, highlighting the differences between the command styles of the experienced, professional British generals and the natural ingenuity of the "amateur" Boers.

 BATTLE SCARRED Hidden Costs of the Border War  ANTHONY FEINSTEIN ; Softcover;  Published by Tafelberg ; First Edition First Impression 2011; ISBN 978 0 624 05374 3 ; No. of Pages; 217; From Goodreads  ; A young doctor is forced to face the Border War when he can no longer escape the call-up. With only a few weeks' training in this field, Anthony Feinstein is thrust into the army's psychiatric unit. Battle scarred is his revealing account of his experiences treating bossies soldiers and all manner of war -induced psychosis in a largely hostile environment. He starts out at 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria where his first patients are talking to the stars or claiming to be Jesus. Next, he is dispatched to Oshakati, home to the largest military base in the war zone, to screen troops for post-traumatic stress disorder. He steps into a world of alcoholism, insomnia, family violence and venereal disease. The consequences of war and the idiosyncrasies of army life present themselves in strange ailments. Chilling stories are told not only by the conscripts, but also by the wives of the permanent force soldiers who live on the base. During a stint at an outpost manned by Koevoet, Feinstein experiences the soldiers' shocking cruelty – and what it does to their psyche. This honest personal account sheds light on the widespread but seldom talked about fall-out from the Border War. It demands to be read, not only by the thousands of ex-soldiers still carrying the invisible scars, but by all South Africans. Very very good condition  no damage, good strong binding, no tears, no writing added , very clean  For POSTAGE (within SA)  PREFERABLY via POSTNET  to POSTNET  for a parcel of up to 5kg  (addit books may be included - up to 5kg) then please ADD R100.00 - add under option 2. Also via PAXI  which is via the Pep Stores branch network  (delivery around 9 days) Please ADD R55.00  under Option 1 and use the " Notes " to note via Pep Stores. If via SAPO  add under option 1  then please ADD R55.00; Collection or drop off can be arranged for Pietermaritzburg / Hilton or Howick. Buyers from outside of SA can contact me for a postal quote. army military medic military doctor border war soldiers national service border war  Oshakati south west Africa namibia  south africans at war   

A young doctor is forced to face the Border War when he can no longer escape the call-up. With only a few weeks' training in this field, Anthony Feinstein is thrust into the army's psychiatric unit. Battle scarred is his revealing account of his experiences treating bossies soldiers and all manner of war -induced psychosis in a largely hostile environment. He starts out at 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria where his first patients are talking to the stars or claiming to be Jesus. Next, he is dispatched to Oshakati, home to the largest military base in the war zone, to screen troops for post-traumatic stress disorder. He steps into a world of alcoholism, insomnia, family violence and venereal disease. The consequences of war and the idiosyncrasies of army life present themselves in strange ailments. Chilling stories are told not only by the conscripts, but also by the wives of the permanent force soldiers who live on the base. During a stint at an outpost manned by Koevoet, Feinstein experiences the soldiers' shocking cruelty and what it does to their psyche. This honest personal account sheds light on the widespread but seldom talked about fall-out from the Border War. It demands to be read, not only by the thousands of ex-soldiers still carrying the invisible scars, but by all South Africans. Paperback, 208 pages

2011. Soft cover. 217 pages. Very good condition: tightly bound, neat and clean. As new. Under 1kg. A young doctor is forced to face the Border War when he can no longer escape the call-up. With only a few weeks’ training in this field, Anthony Feinstein is thrust into the army’s psychiatric unit. Battle Scarred is his revealing account of his experiences treating bossies soldiers and all manner of war -induced psychosis in a largely hostile environment. He starts out at 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria where his first patients are talking to the stars or claiming to be Jesus. Next, he is dispatched to Oshakati, home to the largest military base in the war zone, to screen troops for post-traumatic stress disorder. He steps into a world of alcoholism, insomnia, family violence and venereal disease. The consequences of war and the idiosyncrasies of army life present themselves in strange ailments. Chilling stories are told not only by the conscripts, but also by the wives of the permanent force soldiers who live on the base. During a stint at an outpost Feinstein experiences the soldiers’ shocking cruelty – and what it does to their psyche. This honest personal account sheds light on the widespread but seldom talked about fall-out from the Border War. It demands to be read, not only by the thousands of ex-soldiers still carrying the invisible scars, but by all South Africans.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Danger was forgotten, death was forgotten, the war was forgotten. They only knew they had to kill...The figures in khaki were no longer soldiers, no longer men. Sven Hassel and his comrades are once more hurled into the ferocity of the frontline. The Eastern Front is a sight of unprecedented destruction. The soldiers there - the tank battalions of Hitler's penal regiments - are considered expendable by the German high command. Treated like animals, they learn to live like animals, to fight like beasts. The only other option is to die a bloody death...This is a gripping testament to the soldiers sacrificed on the Russian Front. Features Summary Into the inferno of the Russian Front were thrown the Tank Battalions of Hitler's Penal Regiments - men whose lives were considered expendable by the German High Command... Author Sven Hassel Publisher Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd) Release date Pages 224 ISBN ISBN