Modern African Wars (3): South-West Africa
By Helmoed-Römer Heitman and Paul Hannon
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Helmoed-Römer Heitman
Helmoed-Römer Heitman is an independent defence and national security analyst and writer. He has advised parliamentarians, the Ministry and Department of Defence, the combat services, the State Advocate and South African and foreign defence firms. He advised various parties during the drafting of the 1996 White Paper on Defence, and served on a work group of the later 1998 Defence Review, as well as serving on the 2011/14 Defence Review Committee. He is the South African correspondent for Jane's Defence Weekly and other defence periodicals, and has written several books on the South African armed forces. He served as a reservist in the South African Army from 1970 to 1996 in various capacities and holds Economics and Public Administration Degrees from the University of Cape Town and an MA in War Studies from King's College London.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A good description of what really went on in a out of the way location. it fills the gaps. Love those great pictures of those strange looking special transports that were built. s ome of those would be a interesting model construction project.