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Willem Steenkamp

Auteur de Borderstrike!: South Africa into Angola

15 oeuvres 83 utilisateurs 1 Critiques

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Comprend les noms: Willem Steenkamp

Crédit image: Taken in the QM Store at the Cape Town Highlanders (Castle, Cape Town) by me (John Dovey)

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http://www.justdone.co.za/catalog/product_reviews_info.php/products_id/32/review...

When first published in 1983, it sold out almost immediately. A reconstruction of the early “external operations” of the South West African/Namibian border war between 1978 and 1980, it remains a standard reference work to this day. This was a significant publishing event because it showed how the nature of the border war had changed irrevocably, from the occasional ad-hoc “hot pursuit” of SWAPO insurgents into a full-blown semi-conventional conflict. It heralded the shape of things to come, which was to culminate in the fierce later battles of 1988/89, when South Africans and UNITA slugged it out toe-to-toe with the Soviet-supported and led forces of the Angolan government (Cuban & Russian). Out of print for many years, “Borderstrike!” has long been a sought-after item among those interested in African wars. Now Just Done is able to publish a new edition. It contains all the material of the original, but adds new information, new chapters and many new postscripts and annotations.… (plus d'informations)
 
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BoonDock | Oct 2, 2006 |

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Œuvres
15
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83
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#218,811
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½ 4.7
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1
ISBN
22
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