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Reading each new shocking allegation about the circumstances surrounding the murder of AWB leader Eugene Terre'Blanche, it's easy to forget the person behind the headlines.

With the publication of Eugene Terre'Blanche – my side of the story Dr Amos van der Merwe reveals the man behind the headlines that's been reported around the world. According to Van der Merwe, Terre'Blanche's life changed when he was in prison for three years.

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"The whole attitude of the book is much more in line with forgiveness and reconciliation than I think the average person would expect." Terre'Blanche believed himself to have been the victim of forces greater than himself and the AWB.

Contemplating these – and other – events in prison, he came to the conclusion that, time and time again, he had fallen into the trap laid by the then NP government. He repeatedly explains these theories in some detail and with a fair amount of logic.

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