They Live By The Sword

Breytenbach, Colonel Jan

Description:

8vo; original dark green boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. 272, incl. index; plates; map. Boards a little fishmothed; light browning; previous owner's name signed on title page. Very good condition. "32 Battalion, of which the author, Colonel Jan Breytenbach, was the founding commander, because of the secrecy surrounding it, became the most controversial unit in the South African Army. Their story is the story of the Angolan/Namibian border war, because their involvement in it was greater than that of any other South African unit. It is a story, too, which has never been told before for reasons of official secrecy. The unit consists primarily of black troops and NCOs, originating from virtually every tribe in Angola, led by white South African officers and senior NCOs. Neither apartheid nor any form of racism has ever been practiced in the unit. ... 32 Battalion consistently out-guerillaed and outfought both FAPLA, SWAPO and the Cubans, and through them the Soviets as well, in the thick Angola bush throughout the years of war, creating a problem to which neither they nor their Soviet and East German advisers ever found a solution. It is a fascinating account of war and warfare, with surprise revelations of matters previously secret in almost every chapter."

Details:

  • Publisher: Lemur Books
  • Publisher Place: Alberton
  • Date of Publication: 1990
  • Lot No: 326
  • Hammer Price: $84
  • Bids: 3
  • Visits: 86
  • Estimate: $120
  • Reserve: $60

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