Troepie Snapshots: A Pictorial Recollection of the South African Border War

by Cameron Blake

A photographic slice of conscript life in the South African Defence Force

This pictorial is a compilation of images obtained by the author while working on his first book--an oral history of pre-1994 South African Defence Force national service. It was illegal to take photos; however, there were inevitably those conscripts who ignored the rules, aiming their cheap, disposable cameras at whatever they could, but usually among comrades or when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1920143467
• ISBN13: 9781920143466
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: 30 Degrees South Publishers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.1"