This new book looks at South Africa's military future. It specifically examines the military problems which South Africa will face over the next decade. According to the author, South Africa is a colossus with feet of clay. He points out that South Africa will have problems because of service morale, deficiency of equipment, and performance of the defense sector. He also discusses how the West has taken for granted South Africa's alignment with the Western World, and its ramifications. Finally, Coker shows that South Africa's security dilemmas are largely of its own making. He concludes that choices between roles have been avoided for far too long and some hard decisions will have to be made.
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CHRISTOPHER COKER is a Lecturer in International Relations at The London School of Economics.
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In September 1984, immediately prior to the political disturbances that were about to engulf the Eastern Cape, the South African Defense Force (SADF) mounted the largest military exercise since World War II. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
conscript troops, total onslaught, national servicemen, garrison state, citizen force Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, United States, Soviet Union, Middle East, Pax Pretoriana, World War, Warsaw Pact, West German, Samora Machel, State Department New!
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In September 1984, immediately prior to the political disturbances that were about to engulf the Eastern Cape, the South African Defense Force (SADF) mounted the largest military exercise since World War II. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
conscript troops, total onslaught, national servicemen, garrison state, citizen force Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, United States, Soviet Union, Middle East, Pax Pretoriana, World War, Warsaw Pact, West German, Samora Machel, State Department New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Unnatural Alliance (Israel and South Africa) by James Adams in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Africa Contemporary Record 1975-76 by Colin Legum in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- History of the Modern World: From 1917 to the 1990's by Paul Johnson on page 96, and Back Matter
- Modern World (Presenting the Past) by Andrew Wrenn on page 96, and Back Matter
- The Ghost in the Machine (Arkana) by Arthur Koestler on page 77
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