Battle for Cassinga. South Africa's Controversial Cross-Bor- der Raid, Angola 1978

摘要

As the title indicates, the Cassinga battle, also known as Operation Reindeer, is highly controversial. A difficult aspect of the controversy is that it has created interest groups for whom their version of the battle has assumed the same status as holy writ. There is no point in arguing with such people, so your reviewer will refrain from getting involved in dealing with these concrete views.