The total onslaught and the total strategy : adaptations to the security intelligence decision-making structures under P.W. Botha's administration

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dc.contributor.advisorSchrire, Robert Aen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSelfe, Jamesen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-05T10:52:42Z
dc.date.available2016-08-05T10:52:42Z
dc.date.issued1987en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 208-220.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn the years after Mr P W Botha became Prime Minister of South Africa, it became generally noticed that the military as an ins ti tu ti on had become a more important actor within the central decision-making structures. While this excited a great deal of contemporary comment, few appreciated that this represented not necessarily a formal coup, but rather the culmination of a meticulously planned counter-revolutionary strategy - the response of the Botha government to a perceived "total onslaught". This study traces the rise of the "total onslaught" rhetoric and links it to changes which occurred in the security intelligence apparatus. It describes the structure of the National Security Management System (NSMS) in detail, and it advances various arguments in an attempt to assess the significance of the changes which have occurred in the decision-making structures, as well as the efficacy and durability of the NSMS. The study concludes that, because of the dedication of its proponents and because of its efficiency, the NSMS may afford the regime a breathing-space, but that ultimately the international environment, and internal demographic and economic pressures are such as to make the degenerative collapse of the regime a more likely long-term scenario.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSelfe, J. (1987). <i>The total onslaught and the total strategy : adaptations to the security intelligence decision-making structures under P.W. Botha's administration</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21147en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSelfe, James. <i>"The total onslaught and the total strategy : adaptations to the security intelligence decision-making structures under P.W. Botha's administration."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21147en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSelfe, J. 1987. The total onslaught and the total strategy : adaptations to the security intelligence decision-making structures under P.W. Botha's administration. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Selfe, James AB - In the years after Mr P W Botha became Prime Minister of South Africa, it became generally noticed that the military as an ins ti tu ti on had become a more important actor within the central decision-making structures. While this excited a great deal of contemporary comment, few appreciated that this represented not necessarily a formal coup, but rather the culmination of a meticulously planned counter-revolutionary strategy - the response of the Botha government to a perceived "total onslaught". This study traces the rise of the "total onslaught" rhetoric and links it to changes which occurred in the security intelligence apparatus. It describes the structure of the National Security Management System (NSMS) in detail, and it advances various arguments in an attempt to assess the significance of the changes which have occurred in the decision-making structures, as well as the efficacy and durability of the NSMS. The study concludes that, because of the dedication of its proponents and because of its efficiency, the NSMS may afford the regime a breathing-space, but that ultimately the international environment, and internal demographic and economic pressures are such as to make the degenerative collapse of the regime a more likely long-term scenario. DA - 1987 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1987 T1 - The total onslaught and the total strategy : adaptations to the security intelligence decision-making structures under P.W. Botha's administration TI - The total onslaught and the total strategy : adaptations to the security intelligence decision-making structures under P.W. Botha's administration UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21147 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/21147
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSelfe J. The total onslaught and the total strategy : adaptations to the security intelligence decision-making structures under P.W. Botha's administration. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 1987 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21147en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherNational Security Management System (South Africa)en_ZA
dc.subject.otherInternal security - South Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.otherNational security - South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleThe total onslaught and the total strategy : adaptations to the security intelligence decision-making structures under P.W. Botha's administrationen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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