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The covert war : Koevoet operations in Namibia, 1979-1989 / Peter Stiff.
- Title
- The covert war : Koevoet operations in Namibia, 1979-1989 / Peter Stiff.
- Author
- Stiff, Peter
- Publication
- Alberton [South Africa] : Galago, 2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | DT1645 .S74 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 512 p., 32 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- The mostly untold story of Koevoet - the South African Police's highly successful counter-insurgency unit. Initially based on the Selous Scouts of Rhodesia, it was formed in 1979 and deployed in Namibia until independence in 1989 when it was disbanded as a sop to the UN. During its almost ten year existence it fought in 1,615 contacts and killed or captured 3,225 of SWAPO's PLAN soldiers - the equivalent of almost six battalions of troops. But it paid a high price in blood and lost almost 160 policemen killed in action with another 949 wounded - more grievous casualties than any other South African fighting unit since World War II.--Publisher's website.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 494) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 1919854029 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 57613037
- SCSB-11704555
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library