Regverdige oorlog: 'n verkennende historiese studie oor die bruikbaarheid van die begrip: deel 1: deel 2

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Title:	Regverdige oorlog: 'n verkennende historiese studie oor die bruikbaarheid van die begrip: deel 1: deel 2
Authors:	Scholtz, Leopold Scholtz, Ingrid
Year:	2001
Periodical:	Tydskrif vir geesteswetenskappe
Volume:	41
Issue:	4
Pages:	243-257
Language:	Afrikaans
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	national liberation struggles Anglo-Boer wars war World War II
Abstract:	In recent years the concept of 'just war' has played a prominent role in South African politics in that the governing ANC has demanded for itself the moral high ground during the apartheid years. The purpose of the article is, therefore, to examine the concept of 'just war' itself and to evaluate its usefulness as a conceptual tool to understand South Africa's recent history. After having examined the idea itself, where it comes from and under what conditions a war may be called just, a practical historical model is examined, namely the Anglo-Boer War. The conclusion is that the Boers were indeed fighting a just war, but that they themselves were tainted by the violence they were forced into. In the second part of the article, the Second World War is discussed. The general conclusion reached is that the concept of 'just war' is too problematic to be used as paradigm for understanding the struggle between the apartheid government and the ANC prior to 1990. Ref., sum. in English, text in Afrikaans. [Journal abstract]