The author served as a young medical officer in the South African Defence Force, and was based at Oshakati and Tsandi, near Ongandjera in northern Namibia in 1983. This is the diary of his experiences, and a contribution to an understanding of the human cost of the war in southern Africa and to the process of reconciliation. His revealing testimony describes the Defence Force as morally lost in a conflict of their own making, acting out a lie in a futile, destructive mission.
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The author served as a young medical officer in the South African Defence Force, and was based at Oshakati and Tsandi, near Ongandjera in northern Namibia in 1983. This is the diary of his experiences, and a contribution to an understanding of the human cost of the war in southern Africa and to the process of reconciliation. His revealing testimony describes the Defence Force as morally lost in a conflict of their own making, acting out a lie in a futile, destructive mission.
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