On controversies, battles, raids and elusive truth : opposing perspectives on Cassinga, 1978

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dc.contributor.authorLiebenberg, Ianen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-07T12:04:28Z
dc.date.available2021-07-07T12:04:28Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionCITATION: Liebenberg, I. 2019. On controversies, battles, raids and elusive truth : opposing perspectives on Cassinga, 1978. Journal for Contemporary History, 44(1):47-64, doi:10.18820/24150509/JCH44.v1.3.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://journals.ufs.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe South African attack in 1978 on Cassinga, an alleged South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) base during the ‘Border War’, remains highly controversial. For some, Operation Reindeer, as it was called, was an undisputed military highlight, a most successful airborne operation and a victory over the SWAPO and its military arm, the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN). For others, it was an undisputed massacre of civilian refugees in an Angolan town far north of the Namibia/Angola border. The drifting dust and smoke of past battles interfere seriously with seeing a clearer picture. In this review article, works from different (even serious contradictory) perspectives by three authors are discussed in an attempt to get more clarity on this much-disputed event and its outcomes.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/jch/article/view/3937
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent18 pages
dc.identifier.citationLiebenberg, I. 2019. On controversies, battles, raids and elusive truth : opposing perspectives on Cassinga, 1978. Journal for Contemporary History, 44(1):47-64, doi:10.18820/24150509/JCH44.v1.3.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2415-0509 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0258-2422 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.18820/24150509/JCH44.v1.3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/110666
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherFaculty of Humanities, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectCassinga (Angola) -- History, Military -- 20th centuryen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa -- History, Military -- 1961-en_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa -- National Defence Forceen_ZA
dc.subjectMassacres -- Angola -- Cassingaen_ZA
dc.subjectInternational relationsen_ZA
dc.subjectSWAPOen_ZA
dc.subjectSouthwest African People's Organizationen_ZA
dc.subjectPeople's Liberation Army of Namibiaen_ZA
dc.subjectPLANen_ZA
dc.subjectP.L.A.N.en_ZA
dc.titleOn controversies, battles, raids and elusive truth : opposing perspectives on Cassinga, 1978en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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