Eye of the Firestorm : The Namibian - Angolan - South African Border War - Memoirs of a Military Commander.
de Vries, Roland.
Eye of the Firestorm : The Namibian - Angolan - South African Border War - Memoirs of a Military Commander. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (625 pages)
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Battle Maps -- List of Figures -- Glossary -- If -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Prologue: The Challenge -- Part 1: From Birth to Career: Achieving Identity and Meaningful Relationships -- 1. My Early Years -- 2. You're in the Army Now! -- 3. The Tenacious Ratel -- 4. With 61 Mech in the Field -- Part 2: War Stories - Forcing Heart and Nerve and Sinew -- 5. Terrain As We Knew It -- 6. Warfare The African Way -- 7. Ways of the Warrior -- 8. On Leadership and Command -- 9. Our Fallen and Those Maimed For Life -- 10. Into A Foreign Country -- 11. Triangle of Death -- 12. Battles Of Encirclement -- Plate section -- 13. A Flower Blooms -- 14. High Readiness -- 15. Manoeuvre Battles on the Chambinga -- 16. The War that Never Was -- Part 3: Recovering from Life - the Journey was Worth it -- 17. A New Order of Things -- 18. Life Beyond the Army -- 19. Trust Yourself -- 20. Epilogue -- The Life Stages of Erik Erikson -- A. Composition of Forces for Operations -- B. Chart with Distances Relevant to the Border War -- Bibliography.
9781912174409
South Africa-History, Military.
Electronic books.
DT1949
968.06/3092
Eye of the Firestorm : The Namibian - Angolan - South African Border War - Memoirs of a Military Commander. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (625 pages)
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Battle Maps -- List of Figures -- Glossary -- If -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Prologue: The Challenge -- Part 1: From Birth to Career: Achieving Identity and Meaningful Relationships -- 1. My Early Years -- 2. You're in the Army Now! -- 3. The Tenacious Ratel -- 4. With 61 Mech in the Field -- Part 2: War Stories - Forcing Heart and Nerve and Sinew -- 5. Terrain As We Knew It -- 6. Warfare The African Way -- 7. Ways of the Warrior -- 8. On Leadership and Command -- 9. Our Fallen and Those Maimed For Life -- 10. Into A Foreign Country -- 11. Triangle of Death -- 12. Battles Of Encirclement -- Plate section -- 13. A Flower Blooms -- 14. High Readiness -- 15. Manoeuvre Battles on the Chambinga -- 16. The War that Never Was -- Part 3: Recovering from Life - the Journey was Worth it -- 17. A New Order of Things -- 18. Life Beyond the Army -- 19. Trust Yourself -- 20. Epilogue -- The Life Stages of Erik Erikson -- A. Composition of Forces for Operations -- B. Chart with Distances Relevant to the Border War -- Bibliography.
9781912174409
South Africa-History, Military.
Electronic books.
DT1949
968.06/3092