Defensive Restructuring of the Armed Forces in Southern Africa

Møller, Bjørn (Editor)/ Cawthra, Gavin (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1138614130 / ISBN 13: 9781138614130

Published by Routledge, 2018

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190 pages. 8.62x5.98x0.94 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Defensive Restructuring of the Armed Forces in Southern Africa
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138614130
• ISBN 13: 9781138614130
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.51 kilograms

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Synopsis

Published in 1997, the work explores the reorientation of security policies and the accompanying restructuring of the armed forces going on in Southern Africa under entirely new circumstances: Democracy has come to South Africa, the civil wars in Angola and Mozambique have ended, and the region is establishing a regional framework for cooperation. While covering the entire region, a special focus is placed on South Africa which is predestined to play a leading role, but which is struggling with the legacy of the apartheid regime and its repeated aggressions against neighbouring states. A defensive restructuring of the South African of the South African military is an element in the building of mutual trust. The implications of such defensive restructuring to a non-offensive defence are described in detail. In addition to the analytical contribution, the work also contains central documents and a bibliography.