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

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Place / Publishing House:Stellenbosch : : Sun Press,, [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 300 pages) :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Considering theory, strategy and objectives in war / Thean Potgieter
  • A brief perspective on military preparedness in history / Deon Visser
  • The Second World War and South African society, 1939-1945 / Fankie L. Monama
  • Militarised politics, economic consequences and the implosion of state legitimacy under apartheid / Ian Liebenberg and Francois de Wet
  • Preparing military personnel, the key to unlocking a nation's defence, military and fighting potential / Abel Esterhuyse
  • Preparing for war, the readiness debate and the South African National Defence Force / Francois Vreÿ
  • Casualites are a given, prepare for them / Thean Potgieter and Shadrack Ramokgadi
  • Geography and the conduct of war / Hennie Janse van Rensburg and Hennie Smit
  • Flying blind, intelligence, defence planning and the conduct of war / Benjamin Mokoena
  • Logistics, the 'sinews of war' / Thean Potgieter and Ishmael Theletsane
  • Borderlands and internal conflict, from theory to the reality of contemporary conflicts / Francois Vreÿ
  • Military intervention justified? contemporary challenges of the just cause theory / Pieter Brits and Michelle Nel
  • Public opinion, media and readiness to go to war / Makatipe Charles Kgosana
  • Conflict and economic consequences, comparative notes on 'going to war' / Francois de Wet and Ian Liebenberg
  • War in disguise, the responsibility to protect (R2P) as a new means to armed aggression / Ian Liebenberg.