Research Catalog

Title

Reflections on war : preparedness and consequences / editors Thean Potgieter & Ian Liebenberg.

Publication

Stellenbosch : Sun Press, 2012.

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Additional Authors

• Potgieter, Thean
• Liebenberg, Ian

Description

vi, 300 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subject

• War
• World politics
• Politics and war
• War > Economic aspects
• Armed Conflicts
• South Africa > History, Military
• South Africa

Genre/Form

• Military history
• Military history.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Considering theory, strategy and objectives in war -- Military preparedness in history -- The Second World War and South African society, 1939-1945 -- Militarised politics, economic consequences and the implosion of state legitimacy under apartheid -- Preparing military personnel -- Preparing for war : the readiness debate and the South African National Defence force -- Casualites -- Geography and the conduct of war -- Flying blind : intelligence, defence planning and the conduct of war -- Logistics -- Borderlands and internal conflict -- Military intervention justified? Challlenges of the just cause theory -- Public opinion, media and readiness to go to war -- Conflict and economic consequences -- War in disguise : the responsibility to protect (R2P) as a new means to armed aggression.

ISBN

• 9781920338848 (pbk.)
• 1920338845 (pbk.)

OCLC

844689288

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library