South Africa at war: white power and the crisis in Southern Africa

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Title:	South Africa at war: white power and the crisis in Southern Africa
Author:	Leonard, Richard
Year:	1983
Pages:	280
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Westport, CO
Publisher:	Hill
ISBN:	088208108X; 0882081098
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	national liberation struggles military intervention defence
Abstract:	The author examines in eight chapters the South African crisis through a focus on the country's ongoing military conflicts and growing militarization: 1 describes how South African militarization, marked by the rise to power of former defence minister Pieter W. BOTHA, has taken root since the mid-seventies as a result of both internal and external crisis facing the Nationalist government; 2 approaches the conflict in S.A. from the perspective of the growth of black resistance to apartheid, with the focus on the ANC; 3 describes the Namibian conflict and how S.A. has extended it into neighbouring Angola; 4 and 5 examine the foundations of S.A. 's military power; 6 describes another important weapon in the government's arsenal, its propaganda machine; 7 analyses the 'Total Strategy' that now guides the BOTHA government; 8 examines S.A 's conflicts in light of the new policies being pursued by the REAGAN administration. Three appendices: The Freedom Charter - Secret propaganda projects - The Crocker documents.