1 RECCE, the night belongs to us

359pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2018

Writer Alexander Strachan, a former Recce, on the formation and history of 1 Recce, one of the South African Defence Force's specialist units which fought in the Bush War.

Also available in Afrikaans.

Alexander Strachan received the Eugene Marais Prize for his collection of short stories, "'n Wéreld Sonder Grense" (1984), the WA Hofmeyr Prize for the novels, "Die Werfbobbejaan" (1994) and "Dwaalpoort" (2010). His most recent novel, "Brandwaterkom" (2015), won the kykNET-Rapport Book Prize.