Shadows in the Sand: A Koevoet Tracker's Story of an Insurgency War by Kamongo, Sisingi; Bezuidenhout, Leon
Shadows in the Sand: A Koevoet Tracker's Story of an Insurgency War by Kamongo, Sisingi; Bezuidenhout, Leon
Softcover, ISBN 9780620474795
Publisher: 30 Degrees South Publishers, 2011
Condition: Very Good +. This book is in very good condition. The wraps have some very slight/limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. Beautiful ex libris on the reverse cover page of previous owner.This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far.
Where dust can tell time ... for the first time, a Koevoet operatives story of the bush war
This is the story of a Kavango tracker who served for six years with Koevoet (Crowbar), the elite South African Police anti-terrorist unit, during the South West African Angolan bush war of the 80s. Most white team leaders lasted only two years; the black trackers walked the tracks for years. Sisingi Kamongo tells the story of the 50 or so firefights he was involved in; he survived five anti-personnel mine and POMZ explosions and an RPG rocket on his Casspir APC vehicle; he was wounded three times; he tells of the trackers looking for the shadows on the ground, facing ambush and AP mines at every turn; he tells of the art of tracking ... where dust can tell time.
Kamongo's story is supported by two accounts from renowned Koevoet team leaders, Herman Grobler and Francois du Toit is a powerful collection of experiences from South Africa's most successful counter-insurgency unit. It is a powerful, harrowing read; the tension is palpable.
