A selection of my published books

Mau Mau: The Legacy of an African Rebellion

March 21, 2012
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ShareThe Africa@War series Volume 7 offers and introduction to Mau Mau and will be available in mid-2012. In 1952 violence broke out in the British colony of Kenya, setting in motion what would be arguably the first of the modern African liberation struggles. The characteristics of the Mau Mau Rebellion were very different from later [...]

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The South African Air Force in the Border War

March 21, 2012
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ShareThe Africa@War series Volume 9 offers and introduction to South African air force operations in Angola  and will be available in mid-2012. The South African Border War was the last of the true African Liberation Struggles, which, at its simplest, pitted the monolithic South African Defense Force (SADF) and South African Air Force (SAAF) against [...]

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Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists

August 4, 2011
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ShareThe Africa@War series is being launched this year as a joint venture between 30 Degrees South publishing of SA and the Helion Group of the UK. It covers African warfare in the post WWII period, which, as we all know, is a very rich period in this particular field. The first book to be released [...]

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France in Centrafrique

July 21, 2011
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ShareAn interesting project landed in my lap a few months ago. My publisher, Chris Cocks of 30° South Publishing in Johannesburg asked me if I would be interested in providing the copy for a pictorial account of Frances military relationship with the Central African Republic. What I knew about the country was fairly limited – [...]

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Rhodesia, The Last Outpost of the British Empire

June 24, 2010
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Share>>Purchase this book directly from the Galago Press Site Last Outpost of the British Empire is the story of Rhodesia, the last substantial British imperial possession in Africa, and the closing act of the British Empire itself. It is an examination of the pre-independence history of Zimbabwe that offers a tangible illustration of how and [...]

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