White South Africa and defence, 1960-1968 : militarization, threat perceptions and counter strategies
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2009
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This thesis is concerned with the militarization of white South African society in the 1960s. It argues that the military threat perceptions of the period were crucial in altering white views of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and reinforcing support for the National Party government. The military achieved enhanced public status within civil society as the state's supposed bulwark. A range of purported potential threats, both internal and external and regularly reported in the media, were investigated by the SADF in response to Afro-Asian bloc spokespersons calling for international military intervention against white South Africa to end apartheid.
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Warwick, R. 2009. White South Africa and defence, 1960-1968 : militarization, threat perceptions and counter strategies. University of Cape Town.