Apartheid's Black soldiers : unnational wars and militaries in southern Africa
Lennart Bolliger
Bok · Engelsk · 2021
| Omfang | xviii, 269 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Introduction. Un-National Soldiers in Southern Africa During and After Decolonization -- "The Ovambos Did Not Take Part in the War against the Germans": A Brief History of Fractures and Divisions in Colonial Namibia and Southern Angola, late 1880s to 1990 -- "We Live Between Two Fires": The Reasons for Joining the Apartheid Security Forces in Northern Namibia, 1975-1989 -- "The War Was Very Complicated": The Formation and Development of 32 Battalion, 1975-1984 -- "Every Force Has Its Own Rules": The Military Cultures of South Africa's Security Forces in Namibia and Angola -- "Dictation Comes from the Victor": The Postwar Politics of Black Former Soldiers in Namibia, 1989-2014 -- "We Are Lost People": Citizenship and Belonging of Black Former Soldiers in South Africa, 1989 to the Present.. - Thousands of Black troops served in South Africa’s security forces in Namibia and Angola during apartheid. Bolliger’s new research leads him to reject their common depiction as “collaborators,” challenge the portrayal of the wars in which they fought as struggles for national liberation, and reveal the complexity of South Africa’s military culture.
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| Emner | South Africa. . Army - Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Soldiers, Black - History - Namibia Soldiers, Black - History - South Africa svarte soldater hæren det militære Vis mer... 1900-tallet
Sør-Afrika Namibia Militærhistorie Historie |
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| ISBN | 9780821424551 : £64.00. - £64.00
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| ISBN(galt) | 9780821447413 (PDF ebook) :
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