KOEVOET (Afrikaans for "crowbar") was a highly controversial counter-insurgency branch of the South West African Police (SWAPOL). It was active during the South African Border War in Namibia and Angola between 1979 and 1989.
Publisher's hardcover with pictorial dust jacket.
236pp. Illustrated.
The scarce first edition, first impression. Book is clean and square and in near fine condition.
'Koevoet! is an intense and unique account of the little-understood Southern African bushwar, written by American Jim Hooper. He is the first journalist ever to have been granted unrestricted access to the controversial and predominantly black South West African Police Counterinsurgency Unit - the notorious Koevoet.
The four months Hooper spent on operations with Koevoet coincided with one of the most determined and bloody infiltrations by SWAPO into SWA/Namibia in recent years.
This moving and horrifying account of. the vicious semi-secret bushwar brings a deeply personal insight into an exceptional unit and their operations, never before observed by an outsider.' - editor's note
- Jacket Condition: Near Fine
- Binding Condition: Near Fine
