Dogtag Memories: The Misadventures of an SADF Conscript by Jon Goetzsche NEW
Dogtag MemoriesThe Misadventures of an SADF Conscript
Author(s): Jon Goetzsche
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa, South Africa
Imprint: Penguin Books (South Africa)
ISBN-13: 9781776392704, 978-1776392704
Synopsis
A raw, darkly humorous memoir that follows one conscripts chaotic journey through South Africas military machine during the border war.
Drafted into the Defence Force in 1977 as a carefree seventeen-year-old, Jon Goetzsches tranquil schooldays were abruptly replaced by the brutal regimentation of army life. What began as naive indifference soon spiralled into a struggle against authority, misfortune and the absurdities of war.
After surviving the gruelling training to become a parabat, Jon was court-martialled for assaulting a fellow soldier and sent to Detention Barracks. Reassigned to an ordinary infantry battalion, he completed five months of training and was sent to the border for the rest of his two years national service, foll.
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Dogtag MemoriesThe Misadventures of an SADF Conscript
Author(s): Jon Goetzsche
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa, South Africa
Imprint: Penguin Books (South Africa)
ISBN-13: 9781776392704, 978-1776392704
Synopsis
A raw, darkly humorous memoir that follows one conscripts chaotic journey through South Africas military machine during the border war.
Drafted into the Defence Force in 1977 as a carefree seventeen-year-old, Jon Goetzsches tranquil schooldays were abruptly replaced by the brutal regimentation of army life. What began as naive indifference soon spiralled into a struggle against authority, misfortune and the absurdities of war.
After surviving the gruelling training to become a parabat, Jon was court-martialled for assaulting a fellow soldier and sent to Detention Barracks. Reassigned to an ordinary infantry battalion, he completed five months of training and was sent to the border for the rest of his two years national service, foll.
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Dogtag MemoriesThe Misadventures of an SADF Conscript
Author(s): Jon Goetzsche
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa, South Africa
Imprint: Penguin Books (South Africa)
ISBN-13: 9781776392704, 978-1776392704
Synopsis
A raw, darkly humorous memoir that follows one conscripts chaotic journey through South Africas military machine during the border war.
Drafted into the Defence Force in 1977 as a carefree seventeen-year-old, Jon Goetzsches tranquil schooldays were abruptly replaced by the brutal regimentation of army life. What began as naive indifference soon spiralled into a struggle against authority, misfortune and the absurdities of war.
After surviving the gruelling training to become a parabat, Jon was court-martialled for assaulting a fellow soldier and sent to Detention Barracks. Reassigned to an ordinary infantry battalion, he completed five months of training and was sent to the border for the rest of his two years national service, foll.
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Language | english |
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