J.H. Thompson (1)

This book is a collection of the memories of servicemen in the South African Defence Force during the border wars and up to the end of apartheid (from the 1970s through till 1994).
It's mostly unedited with the various stories grouped into themes from initial training through to coming under fire or township patrols.
It certainly helped me start to understand a bit more about what my own father went through. My only criticism is that it lacked the stories of the Afrikaner guys involved, prefering to give the views of only the English speakers.… (más)