{"product_id":"9781770201095","title":"Troepie: From Call-Up to Camps","description":"For over half a million white South African males conscripted before 1994, National Service was a compulsory, demanding and intense experience that had a powerful impact on them. This book is a compilation of recollections by more than forty former conscripts about their time in the South African Defence Force.\u003cbr\u003eThe chapters take you through the sequence of a National Serviceman’s career: receiving call-up papers, klaaring in, Basics, keuring, bush phase, second-phase training, general service, the Border, Angola, the townships, klaaring out and camps. Taking in the humour and the hardship, these accounts provide a variety of perspectives on inspections, drill, guard duty, Border patrols, contact, and everyday life in the SADF.\u003cbr\u003eAlso included are official documents such as call-up papers, extracts from a Basic Training manual, and a clearing-out certificate. Appendices give additional information on the history of National Service, the context of the Border War and other matters.\u003cbr\u003eTroepie: From Call-up to Camps is a must-read for everyone who went through National Service or who knows someone who did. It is a vivid and fascinating record of what conscripts actually experienced.","brand":"Huia (NZ) Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131269693680,"sku":"9781770201095","price":10.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770201095_p0.jpg?v=1763706988","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770201095","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}