From Soldier to Civvy. South African National Service

From Soldier to Civvy provides insights into the former and current South African National Service and its far-reaching consequences.
Blake, Cameron
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Title: From Soldier to Civvy
Subtitle: South African National Service
Author: Cameron Blake
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Imprint: Zebra Press
Cape Town, 2010
ISBN 9781770221345 / ISBN 978-1-77022-134-5
Softcover, 15 x 23 cm, 320 pages

About: From Soldier to Civvy. South African National Service

National Service had a powerful immediate effect on the men who served in the SADF, immersing them in an unfamiliar military world. But its impact reached beyond them, to the families and loved ones at home – and it has left its mark decades after the conscripts re-entered civvy street. From Soldier to Civvy explores National Service from a number of different angles. It contains in-depth accounts from a diverse selection of former conscripts, a Recce, a dog handler, a mortarist, a Parabat, a gunner, a loadmaster, a military policeman and a marine, who take you through their entire military careers and provide detailed insider’s information on each role. A number of frank and humorous letters home from a soldier to his fiancée are also included, and there are interviews with women, mothers, sisters, wives and girlfriends, who talk about how National Service affected them and their men. And, finally, former soldiers look back at their time in the army and reveal the powerful and lasting effects it has had on them and how they view it from the perspective of the present.

Content: From Soldier to Civvy. South African National Service

Author's note
Acknowledgements
Part 1: national servicemen's accounts
Rob: From Infantry to Reconnaissance, 1965-1980
Marque: Dog handler, South African Air Force, 1979-1981
Louis: Mortarist, State President's Guard, 1981-1983
Andre: Parabat, 1983-1984
Matt: Gunner, Special Service Battalion, 1985-1986
Kevin: Loadmaster, South African Air Force, 1985-1986
'Laurel and Hardy': Military Police, 1988-1989
South African Marine, 1987-1989
Part 2: letters from basics
Part 3: women relate
Part 4: now
Epilogue
Appendices
Translation of afrikaans dialogue
Glossary
Bibliography

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