Book Reviews

During the years prior to the first democratic elections, most foreign countries regarded South Africa to be a pariah state as a result of...

Any book about a controversial figure that is subtitled ‘The Legend’ ought to be treated with caution, but the story of ‘Mad Mike’ as...

Military historian Dr. Leopold Scholtz wrote Ratels on the Lomba to remember the National Servicemen of the then South African Defence Force (SADF)...

This is a memoir written in Afrikaans by Kobus de Villiers, a South African engineer who spent his working life on top...

Operation Relentless is the gripping story of the years-long effort to catch arms dealer Viktor Bout, nicknamed ‘The Merchant of Death' and...

Hermanus-based Andrew Embleton's third book on SA Air Force (SAAF) training looks set to be a winner with the military flying fraternity. "Wings...

The interventions by the US and its allies in Iraq and Afghanistan were on a massive scale and came close to failure....

"Apartheid Guns and Money - a tale of profit" is the latest addition to the stable of South African non-fiction providing much-needed...

This weighty tome is a definitive reference guide to firearms developed during the region's golden age of gunmaking. It took seventeen contributors...

Eeben Barlow is a name well-known to those who are practitioners of military arts and skills, especially in Africa. He has now taken...

The cyber domain has become central to the struggle for strategic advantage between the US and the West on the one hand,...

Professional soldier Koos Stadler has written a remarkable book chronicling his experiences as a special forces small reconnaissance team member operating behind...

Much about the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram is shrouded in mystery. Last week the President of Chad, Idriss Deby, claimed Boko...

Raising the Bar is Songezo Zibi's first book and seeks to provide a thorough, accurate analysis on the different issues preventing...

For soldiers in the First World War, sport was a way for them to escape the horrors of the battlefield or the...

Endgame is yet another addition to the growing number of titles exploring aspects of one of the seduction efforts that eventually led...

Endgame is yet another addition to the growing number of titles exploring aspects of one of the seduction efforts that eventually led...

From Addis to the Aosta Valley: A South African in the North African and Italian Campaigns 1940-1945, was originally titled "One of...

By his own admission Dean Wingrin is a military aviation junkie and his love of the subject has manifested itself in a...

This 40-page publication is a "must read" for everyone in uniform as well as those charged with decision-making in the South African...