Shadows in the Sand: A Koevoet Tracker's Story of an Insurgency War
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Shadows in the Sand: A Koevoet Tracker's Story of an Insurgency War
EN USISBN: 0620474793 bzw. 9780620474795, in Englisch, 30 Degrees South Publishers, gebraucht.
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20th century,africa,angola,biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,history,leaders and notable people,memoirs, This is the story of a Kavango tracker who served for six years with Koevoet ('Crowbar'), the elite South African Police anti-terrorist unit, during the South West African-Angolan bush war of the '80s. Most white team leaders lasted only two years; the black trackers walked the tracks for years. Sisingi Kamongo tells the story of the 50 or so firefights he was involved in; he survived five anti-personnel mine and POMZ explosions and an RPG rocket on his Casspir APC vehicle; he was wounded three times; he tells of the trackers looking for the shadows on the ground, facing ambush and AP mines at every turn; he tells of the art of tracking ... where dust can tell time. Kamongo's story is supported by two accounts from renowned Koevoet team leaders, Herman Grobler and Francois du Toit-a powerful collection of experiences from South Africa's most successful counter-insurgency unit. • The first-ever account of the bush war by a non-white member of the SouthAfrican security forces• A unique, previously untold perspective of the bush war, by an on-the-groundtracker• A powerful, harrowing read; the tension is palpable Sisingi Kamongo was born in 1965 in the rural area of Ndonga Muramba in Kavangoland in northern Namibia (formerly South West Africa). As child he spent his time between the bush where he looked after his grandfather's cattle-learning his tracking skills-and school. After school he joined the police and was based with Koevoet at Rundu for six years. He became an elite tra.
20th century,africa,angola,biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,history,leaders and notable people,memoirs, This is the story of a Kavango tracker who served for six years with Koevoet ('Crowbar'), the elite South African Police anti-terrorist unit, during the South West African-Angolan bush war of the '80s. Most white team leaders lasted only two years; the black trackers walked the tracks for years. Sisingi Kamongo tells the story of the 50 or so firefights he was involved in; he survived five anti-personnel mine and POMZ explosions and an RPG rocket on his Casspir APC vehicle; he was wounded three times; he tells of the trackers looking for the shadows on the ground, facing ambush and AP mines at every turn; he tells of the art of tracking ... where dust can tell time. Kamongo's story is supported by two accounts from renowned Koevoet team leaders, Herman Grobler and Francois du Toit-a powerful collection of experiences from South Africa's most successful counter-insurgency unit. • The first-ever account of the bush war by a non-white member of the SouthAfrican security forces• A unique, previously untold perspective of the bush war, by an on-the-groundtracker• A powerful, harrowing read; the tension is palpable Sisingi Kamongo was born in 1965 in the rural area of Ndonga Muramba in Kavangoland in northern Namibia (formerly South West Africa). As child he spent his time between the bush where he looked after his grandfather's cattle-learning his tracking skills-and school. After school he joined the police and was based with Koevoet at Rundu for six years. He became an elite tra.
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Shadows in the Sand: A Koevoet Tracker's Story of an Insurgency War
EN PB NWISBN: 9780620474795 bzw. 0620474793, in Englisch, 30 Degrees South Publishers, Taschenbuch, neu.
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