Sudan: How Did It Come to This, and How Do We Reverse This Descent into Hell? (I)
This special issue of the War Diaries deals with the tragic crisis in Sudan. Its author Peter de Clercq, a seasoned UN diplomat who retired at the Assistant Secretary General level provides an insightful analysis.
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Using βWhitenessβ: Defeating the Apartheid Intelligence System (I)
Following the Rivonia Trial in 1964, the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) and its armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) were either in prison serving life sentences or in exile.Β Their underground organisation was crushed. The mass organisations of the African people were banned. A young saboteur from Durban, Ronnie Kasrils, was tasked by Oliver Tambo with finding a way to carry out propaganda exercises in South Africa keeping the name of the ANC alive while they regrouped and reorganised.
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Combat Trauma β A Not-So-New Phenomenon
Before the launch of Number 788 and conscious of the impacts of conflict and trauma especially those caused by war, and other military operations, your war diarists wanted to publish a column on combat trauma & PTSD.
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The Dawn of the Special Purpose Units & the International Ranger Platoon
This was the dawn of the International Ranger Platoon that formed the embryo of the future Swedish Special Forces.Β
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Ukraine: Managing in Times of War
βWhat is next for you Tonyβ, Kostia asks. Almost an impossible question, he opens up an unending possibility of answers.
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