Masters Degrees (Military History)
Recent Submissions
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Exploring management practices of water resources and infrastructure at local government level as a threat to water security in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Water resources management at local government level were explored as a threat to South Africa's national security. This study made use of a qualitative descriptive approach and an extensive literature ... -
A cold relationship: United States foreign policy towards South Africa, 1960 – 1990
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The diplomatic relations between the United States (USA) and South Africa (SA) had its birth in 1799 with the establishing of a consulate in Cape Town. Over the next two centuries the political dealings ... -
Sidi Rezegh and Tobruk : two South African military disasters revisited 1941-1942
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sidi Rezegh and Tobruk are the largest disasters suffered by South Africa in its military history. Yet, despite their enormity, Sidi Rezegh and Tobruk are little understood and hardly remembered. South ... -
Fighting Springboks : C Company, Royal Natal carbineers : from Premier Mine to Po Valley, 1939 - 1945
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Germany’s declaration of war on Poland on 1 September 1939 and the consequent war in Europe not only found the Union of South Africa politically divided but militarily unprepared to fight a modern war let ... -
The role and application of the Union Defence Force in the suppression of internal unrest, 1912-1945
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The use of military force to suppress internal unrest has been an integral part of South African history. The European colonisation of South Africa from 1652 was facilitated by the use of force. Boer ... -
Major General Sir Henry Timson Lukin (1860-1925) : the making of a South African hero
(2005-12)Henry Timson Lukin was born and educated in Britain. After completion of his schooling at the Merchant Taylor’s School in 1875 he had hoped to enter the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, but failed the entry examinations. ...
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