South Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. This explosive book explores
the methods of highly unconventional warfare conducted by South
Africa’s secret intelligence and covert warfare units during the
final years of apartheid. It is mostly compiled from first hand of
operators who took part. It is a history, straight from the mouths
of those involved, telling of the actions of the SADF during the
‘‘total onslaught’’ years. It details the murderous subversive
activities of a diversity of right-wing organisations, like Eugene
Terre Blanche’s AWB and General Constand Viljoen’s Afrikaner
Volksfront, who almost toppled South Africa over the brink into
Civil War before the first democratic election in April 1994.
Originally published in 1927, this history is an inside look at
the problems facing America's aviation force in France in WWI. The
author was sent to France to investigate aerial bombardment problems
on the Western Front, and was promoted to Chief of the Co-ordination
Staff under Major General Patrick, Chief of Air Service. From May
1918 to the end of the war he participated in the complete overhaul
of the US Air Service. The book has chapters on the Supply and
Repair Division, Personnel, Design and Projects, and Training
Divisions, plus the activities of the Technical, Transportation,
Liaison and Photographic Sections.
This edition is limited to 300 copies
New in blue boards with red &
gilt spine & cover motifs - 388pp, 10 b/w photos, maps, charts
HOW HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF: AIR WARS OVER IRAQ
SINCE 1914
by
Peter G Dancey
An interesting
monograph tracing the use of airpower over Iraq, or Mesopotamia as
it was previously known, since it wa first employed by The Royal
Flying Corp to harass the Turks of the Ottoman Empire in World War
I. Via anti-insurgency operations in the 1920s and '30s, World War
II, the Arab/Israeli wars of the 1960s and'70s and the Iran/Iraq
War, the story comes right up to date with Operation Desert Storm
in 1991, enforcement of the UN 'No Fly' zones in the '90s, to
Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
New in card cover - A4 format, 73pp, 50 b/w photos, illustrations & maps,
colour profiles
The letters and
journals of two Napoleonic Hussars, Major Edwin Griffith and his
nephew, Captain Frederick Philips, young Welsh cavalry officers
who served for much of the Napoleonic Wars with the 15th (King's)
Hussars. Their service ranged from the memorable victory at
Sahagun, to the dreadful retreat through the icy winds and snow to
Corunna. They returned to Wellington's army in Portugal in 1813
and participated in his great advance through Spain and into
France itself, seeing combat at the battles of Vittoria,
Roncesvalles and Toulouse, and finally at the final great battle
of Waterloo when one of them fails to come safely through.
A
highly readable account of the key events and personalities set
against the framework of both British and international politics.
This is a major study that challenges many of the traditional
interpretations of one of the most dramatic and important phases
of British history. This book and its companion, The Jacobite Clans of
the Great Glen, are two exciting and original studies which make an
important contribution to our understanding of Jacobitism both
inside and outside Scotland.
