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War in peace / Nick Howarth.

Title
War in peace / Nick Howarth.
Author
Howarth, Nick
Publication
Alberton, South Africa : Galago Books, 2012.

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Description
264 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"British born Nick Howarth attested in the SAP as a national serviceman and afterward enlisted as a regular. He was posted to the East Rand Riot Unit No. 6, promoted to sergeant and remained there for nine years. He found himself pitched into the maelstrom of murder and chaos of what the ANC euphemistically called the 'People's War' that was designed to make South Africa ungovernable. He soon found himself like piggy in the middle in a full-scale civil war between the ANC and the Zulu based Inkatha Freedom Party. Many policemen, both black and white, were killed. Nick Howarth's story is a microcosm of the experiences of all South African riot policemen of the time"--Publisher's note.
Alternative Title
War in peace : the truth about the South African police's East Rand Riot Unit ,1986-1994
Subject
  • 1978-1994
  • Riots > South Africa
  • Police > South Africa > Biography
  • Political violence > South Africa > Ekurhuleni
  • Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
  • South Africa > Politics and government > 1978-1989
  • South Africa > Politics and government > 1989-1994
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 261) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9781919854441
  • 1919854444
OCLC
  • 828856112
  • SCSB-11843501
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library