Beyond the Border War
Subtitle: new perspectives on Southern Africa's late-Cold War conflicts
By: edited by Gary Baines & Peter Vale.
Contributors: Baines, Gary F., 1955-; Vale, Peter C. J.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Unisa Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781868884568
Subjects: War -- Africa, Southern; Soldiers -- Africa, Southern; Africa, Southern -- History, Military -- 20th century; South Africa -- History, Military -- 1961-; Namibia -- History, Military -- 20th century; Angola -- History, Military -- 20th century; Angola -- History -- South African Invasion, 1975-1976; Angola -- History -- South African Incursions, 1978-1990
Description: For some fifteen years little attention has been paid to South Africa's late Cold War conflicts and the memories of soldiers who fought in them. Likewise, combatants with the liberation movements have all but been forgotton or otherwise marginalised in the new political dispensation. But the recent controversy over the exclusion of the names of SADF soldiers from the Freedom Park memorial wall and the popularity of publications and the existence of Internet sites that host personal accounts of the war suggest that there is significant public interest in these matters. The discovery of mass graves and questions about the treatment of detainees in SWAPO camps have kept the war in the public eye in Namibia. This volume offers new perspectives on the Border War through the paradigms of diplomatic and military history, cultural and literary studies, as well as victimology. Contributors to this volume have challenged the boundaries, broken the silences, even tackled some taboos about the war. They have placed the subject of the Border War on the academic agenda commensurate with the place it enjoys in the public imaginary.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-333) and index.