Reflections on war : preparedness and consequences / / editors, Thean Potgieter & Ian Liebenberg

• Pubblicazione: Stellenbosch : , : Sun Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 300 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 355.02
• Soggetto topico: War; Military readiness; World politics; Politics and war; War - Economic aspects
• Soggetto geografico: South Africa History, Military
• Persona (resp. second.): PotgieterThean; LiebenbergIan
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Considering theory, strategy and objectives in war / Thean Potgieter -- A brief perspective on military preparedness in history / Deon Visser -- The Second World War and South African society, 1939-1945 / Fankie L. Monama -- Militarised politics, economic consequences and the implosion of state legitimacy under apartheid / Ian Liebenberg and Francois de Wet -- Preparing military personnel, the key to unlocking a nation's defence, military and fighting potential / Abel Esterhuyse -- Preparing for war, the readiness debate and the South African National Defence Force / Francois Vreÿ -- Casualites are a given, prepare for them / Thean Potgieter and Shadrack Ramokgadi -- Geography and the conduct of war / Hennie Janse van Rensburg and Hennie Smit -- Flying blind, intelligence, defence planning and the conduct of war / Benjamin Mokoena -- Logistics, the 'sinews of war' / Thean Potgieter and Ishmael Theletsane -- Borderlands and internal conflict, from theory to the reality of contemporary conflicts / Francois Vreÿ -- Military intervention justified? contemporary challenges of the just cause theory / Pieter Brits and Michelle Nel -- Public opinion, media and readiness to go to war / Makatipe Charles Kgosana -- Conflict and economic consequences, comparative notes on 'going to war' / Francois de Wet and Ian Liebenberg -- War in disguise, the responsibility to protect (R2P) as a new means to armed aggression / Ian Liebenberg.
• Titolo autorizzato: Reflections on war
• ISBN: 1-920338-85-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910555232803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II