Roland DeVriesMajor-General (Retired) Roland de Vries, a former Deputy Chief of the South African Army, is an internationally-respected speaker on what might be called 'Third World War themes'. De Vries’ career bracketed the 23-year South African Border War, which was irrevocably interwoven with the machine he helped create - the incomparable six-wheeled Ratel Armoured Combat Vehicle – and his beloved regiment: the renowned 61 Mechanised Battalion Group. He participated in many military operations in Southern Africa during most of the 1980s and is deemed the 'father' of South Africa’s mobile bush warfare doctrine, which achieved such success during the fighting in Angola from the beginning of the decade to the end of hostilities in 1988. He has written two books which have become standard reference works: Mobile Warfare – a Perspective for Southern Africa (first published in 1987; then in revised and updated form in 2014) and his autobiography, entitled Eye of the Firestorm, which was published in 2013. Read More Read Less