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In different times : the war of Southern Africa 1966-1989 / Ian van der Waag & Albert Grundlingh, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- African Military Studies ; Volume 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- South Africa--History, Military--1961-.
- South Africa.
- Angola--History--South African Incursions, 1975-1976.
- Angola.
- Angola--History--South African Incursions, 1978-1990.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 351 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Sun Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-928480-35-7
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