Gary Baines: South Africa's 'Border War'

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Beschreibung

South Africa's 'Border War' provides a timely study of the 'war of words' waged by retired South African Defence Force (SADF) generals and other veterans against critics and detractors. The book explores the impact of the 'Border War' on South African culture and society during apartheid and in the new dispensation and discusses the lasting legacy or 'afterlife' of the war in great detail. It also offers an appraisal of the secondary literature of the 'Border War', supplemented by archival research, interviews and an analysis of articles, newspaper reports, reviews and blogs.
Adopting a genuinely multidisciplinary approach that borrows from the study of history, literature, visual culture, memory, politics and international relations, South Africa's 'Border War' is an important volume for anyone interested in the study of war and memory or the modern history of South Africa.

Über den Autor

Gary Baines is Professor of History at Rhodes University, South Africa.

Zusammenfassung

First single-authored, academic treatment of memory and the South African 'Border War'

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Writing on the Wrong Side of History? SADF Soldier-Authors Reclaim the Border War
2. The Spectre of Vietnam: Lessons and Legacies of the Border War
3. The Cultural Construction of Combat: Narrative Templates of the Border War
4. Codes of Conduct in Captivity: Narratives of South African POWs in Angola
5. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Victimhood: A South African War Veteran's Story
6. The Battle for Cassinga: Competing Narratives and Complicating Histories
7. The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale: Successful Stalemate and Vicarious Victory
8. Digging up the Past: Revisiting the 1989 Namibian Ceasefire Violation
9. The Freedom Park Fracas: Memorialising the Border War
10. Veteranhood and the National Service Generation
11. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2015
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	20. Jahrhundert
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781474255059
ISBN-10:	1474255051
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Baines, Gary
Redaktion:	McVeigh, Stephen
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Gary Baines
Erscheinungsdatum:	27.08.2015
Gewicht:	0,442 kg