Derek L Kohler

If You Lie Still, You Will Not Get Cold Derek L Kohler

The Untold Story of the South African Citizen Force soldier in the Border War of the 1970s and 1980s. This was the pointy end of the Cold War, white South African males were taken from their careers and families, hastily re-trained and then dispatched into the Operational Area against MPLA liberation forces, Cubans, East Germans and Russian professional soldiers. Two young Platoon Commanders from the historic Cape Town Highlanders Regiment embarked on three tours of duty and this is their story told with humour and pathos.