African military geosciences : military history and the physical environment
| dc.contributor.editor | Bezuidenhout, Jacques | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.editor | Van der Waag, Ian | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-04T11:53:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-05-04T11:53:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Bezuidenhout, J. & Smit, H. (eds) 2018. African military geosciences : military history and the physical environment. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480099. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at https://africansunmedia.store.it.si/za | |
| dc.description.abstract | This eight-chapter volume, African Military Geosciences: Military History and the Physical Environment, is a tour-de-force covering nearly 500 years of African military geosciences. It is a truly global book that reveals keen insights into regional, national and international military-forces activities centered in Africa and how the understanding of geosciences plays important roles. It is written for the specialist, but also attractive to the general military buff – well referenced and illustrated with figures from primary sources, historical catalogues and compendia. The publication explores the “age of sail”, harbour defenses, the trafficability of desert environments and marshes, as well as climate controls on sailing or land battles. There is even insight into an elite artillery unit staffed by women during Second World War – essentially covering the whole gamut. Ultimately, the reader explores a nearly 500-year journey around the African continent and beyond. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 1 The influence of terrain and climate on military operations in South Africa / I.J. van der Waag; 2 Saldanha Bay: The influence of underlying geology on military and naval history in the age of sail / J. Bezuidenhout & T.D. Potgieter; 3 Wasted geography: The British annexation of the Cape in 1795 / T.D. Potgieter & H.A.P. Smit; 4 A historical analysis of the influence of climate and terrain on the South African military operations in East Africa, 1940-1941 / E.P. Kleynhans; 5 Military prospecting for groundwater by geology and geophysics: Work done by the 42nd geological section (South African engineer corps) in Africa, the Middle East and the Mediterranean region during the Second World War / E.P.F. Rose; 6 Wehrgeologenstelle 12: Rommel’s military geology team in North Africa 1941-1943 / H. Häusler; 7 The influence of geography on the development of the Second World War defences of Saldanha Bay harbour / T.D. Potgieter & J. Bezuidenhout; 8 The Cuvelai-Etosha basin: An environmental and climatic linkage to the operations of the warring parties in the 1966-1989 war for Namibian independence / V.L. Shaamhula & M.H.T. Hipondoka | |
| dc.description.uri | https://africansunmedia.store.it.si/za/book/african-military-geoscience-military-history-and-the-physical-environment/486330 | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 225 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bezuidenhout, J. & Smit, H. (eds) 2018. African military geosciences : military history and the physical environment. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480099. | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-928480-08-2 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-928480-09-9 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.18820/9781928480099 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/108520 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | AFRICAN SUN MeDIA | |
| dc.rights.holder | AFRICAN SUN MeDIA | |
| dc.rights.holder | Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University | |
| dc.subject | Geology -- Military -- Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Africa -- History, Military | en_ZA |
| dc.title | African military geosciences : military history and the physical environment | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Book | en_ZA |