At the Front by Geldenhuys, Jannie

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At the Front by Geldenhuys, Jannie

Softcover, ISBN 9781868423316
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers Sa, 2009

Used - Very Good. This book is in very good condition. The wraps have some slight/limited signs of wear and a light brown coloring on the crown but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far.

General Jannie Geldenhuys is widely regarded as one of the leading military commanders South Africa has ever produced. As Chief of the South African Defence Force from 1985 to 1990 he brought his experience to bear on the South African Border War, and was part of the negotiating team which brought an end to the conflict in 1989. In this edition, Geldenhuys reflects on a life defined as much by a military career spanning more than four decades as it was by politics and indeed the need for peace on the African sub-continent. At the Front covers the years before and during the protracted Border War. But rather than a blow-by-blow official history, it consists of Geldenhuys’ personal experiences and insights. These include facts unknown to civilians and even to some high-ranking military officials. In particular, Geldenhuys sheds light on the final years of the conflict and the negotiated settlement. Geldenhuys also writes of his early years, as he evolved from a rugby-mad young subaltern officer to a deep-thinking, reflective man with ever-sharpening insights into, war, peace, politics and, most of all, himself.


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