From police repression to military power -- The Black struggle for freedom -- The war in Nambia and regional aggression -- Military, police, and security forces -- Arms for Apartheid -- The progaganda war -- The total strategy -- The crisis in American policy -- Appendix A: The Freedom Charter -- Appendix B: Secret propaganda projects -- Appendix C: The Crocker documents.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In South Africa at War, the first carefully documented survey and analysis of the policies and actions of the government of South Africa under P.W. Botha, Richard Leonard shows that the enduring effect of the attempt to preserve apartheid has been to increase the militarization of the country. He traces the travail of the African National Congress and shows that black resistance to apartheid has gone from peaceful protest to militant confrontation. He documents South African military and financial involvement in the conflicts in Namibia, Angola, and Zimbabwe and evaluates the societal stresses induced by the need to maintain and expand the armed forces. There is a searching presentation of the "propaganda war" undertaken by the government in an effort to influence attitudes toward South Africa and an analysis of the "total strategy" that guides the Botha government in the coordination and implementation of its policies.
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Title
South Africa at war.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
White power and the crisis in southern Africa
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Guerrillas-- Africa, Southern.
Guerrillas-- South Africa.
Guérillas-- Afrique australe.
Guérillas-- Afrique du Sud.
Apartheid
Apartheid-- South Africa.
Diplomatic relations.
Geschichte (1961-1978)
Guerilla
Guerrillas-- South Africa.
Guerrillas.
Military policy.
Politics and government
Politik
Race relations.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Africa, Southern, Politics and government, 1975-1994.
South Africa, Foreign relations, 1961-1978.
South Africa, Foreign relations, 1978-1989.
South Africa, Military policy.
South Africa, Politics and government, 1961-1978.
South Africa, Politics and government, 1978-1989.
South Africa, Race relations.
Afrique australe, Politique et gouvernement, 1975-1994.
Afrique du Sud, Politique et gouvernement, 1961-1978.
Afrique du Sud, Politique et gouvernement, 1978-1989.
Afrique du Sud, Politique militaire.
Afrique du Sud, Relations extérieures, 1961-1978.
Afrique du Sud, Relations extérieures, 1978-1989.