Book review: Mad Mike Hoare – the Legend
Any book about a controversial figure that is subtitled ‘The Legend’ ought to be treated with caution, but the story of ‘Mad Mike’ as...
Book Review: Ratels on the Lomba. The Story of Charlie Squadron
Military historian Dr. Leopold Scholtz wrote Ratels on the Lomba to remember the National Servicemen of the then South African Defence Force (SADF)...
Book review: Uiters Geheim en Ander Anekdotes
This is a memoir written in Afrikaans by Kobus de Villiers, a South African engineer who spent his working life on top...
Book review: Operation Relentless – The world’s Most Wanted Criminal; The Elite Forces Hunt...
Operation Relentless is the gripping story of the years-long effort to catch arms dealer Viktor Bout, nicknamed ‘The Merchant of Death' and...
Wings over Langebaanweg. Stories from a South African Air Force Base
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...
Book Review: Harsh Lessons: Iraq, Afghanistan And the Changing Character of War
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
"Apartheid Guns and Money - a tale of profit" is the latest addition to the stable of South African non-fiction providing much-needed...
Book Review: Firearms Developed and Manufactured in Southern Africa 1949-2000
This weighty tome is a definitive reference guide to firearms developed during the region's golden age of gunmaking.
It took seventeen contributors...
“Composite Warfare” – a composite insight into conflict and war in Africa
Eeben Barlow is a name well-known to those who are practitioners of military arts and skills, especially in Africa.
He has now taken...
Book Review: China’s Cyber Power
The cyber domain has become central to the struggle for strategic advantage between the US and the West on the one hand,...
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Joint Standing Committee on Defence shows short memory span
Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) publicly acknowledged the “exceptional leadership” of outgoing SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief General Solly Shoke last...
