Book Review

As a non-political pacifist I found If We Must Die by Stanley Manong extremely interesting. It draws back the curtain on a time in the history of our country about which many South Africans know very little even to this day 20 years into democracy. The thorough research and meticulous detailing of resources gives Manong s work a stamp of authenticity which cannot be challenged and it is obvious that an enormous amount of time and energy has gone into the telling of his story. His recall and personal knowledge of the many people mentioned, whether colleagues he respected or not, is based not only on memory but is backed up in comprehensive notes at the end of the in an easy style with the occasional touch of idiomatic whimsy and an injection of humour that at times lightens the seriousness of the subject matter, I found the story of Manong s life a

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND DEDICATION xiv FOREWORD xviii INTRODUCTION xx CHAPTER 1 - The Return of The Stateless Citizen 1 CHAPTER 2 - The First Cradock Four 15

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