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    Default Warfare and Tracking in Africa, 1952–1990 (Warfare, Society and Culture)

    Looking for something else I found this complimentary book review; the author Professor Timothy Stapleton is a Canadian and has written other books on warfare in Africa. Amazon states:
    During the decolonization wars in East and Southern Africa, tracking became increasingly valuable as a military tactic. Drawing on archival research and interviews, Stapleton presents a comparative study of the role of tracking in insurgency and counter-insurgency across Kenya, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
    One reviewer used to frequent here and in this post cited in part:
    This book does an excellent job at weaving all the historical facts and figures around the players. It details the complete evolution of tracking as an effective counter-insurgency tool.
    Link:https://www.amazon.com/Warfare-Track...s%2C229&sr=1-4

    The reviewer suggests readers track down the author's earlier article, which has a section on Namibia; free via this link:https://mantracking.files.wordpress....uth-africa.pdf
    Last edited by davidbfpo; 05-29-2019 at 10:57 AM. Reason: Copied here and edited from Tracking thread. 102,399v today.
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