In different times : the war of Southern Africa, 1966-1989
Date
2019
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AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Abstract
This is the first attempt to bring together diverse scholars, using different lenses, to study South Africa’s Border War. As a book, it is critical in approach, provides deeper reflection, and focuses specifically on the SADF experience of the war. The result is a more complex picture of the war’s dynamics and its legacies. Although South Africa is a vastly different country today, the study of the Border War opens a range of questions, also relevant to contemporary deployments such as in Lesotho (1998) and the Central African Republic (2013). It includes the debate on participation in foreign conflicts; on the deployment, design and preparation of appropriate, modern armed forces and their use as foreign policy instruments in far‑off theatres; on military planning; and, as the historical controversies regarding the battles at Cuito Cuanavale and Bangui illustrate, on the interface between foreign campaigning and domestic politics.
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CITATION: Van der Waag, I. J. & Grundlingh, A. M. (eds) 2019. In different times : the war of Southern Africa, 1966-1989. Stellenbosch, SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480358.
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The original publication is available at https://africansunmedia.store.it.si/za
Keywords
South Africa. South African Defence Force, Armed Forces -- 1966-1989 -- South Africa, Insurgency -- Namibia, South Africa -- History, Military -- 1961-, Africa, Southern -- History, Military -- 20th century, South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century, Angola -- History -- South African Incursions, 1978-1990
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Van der Waag, I. J. & Grundlingh, A. M. (eds) 2019. In different times : the war of Southern Africa, 1966-1989. Stellenbosch, SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480358.