| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 360 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
African military studies ; volume 3 |
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African military studies ; volume 3.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Foreword -- Acronyms & Abbreviations -- Military Ranks -- Introduction -- Wars are fought, and lived, by real people -- Ian van der Waag -- Writing the soldiers' experience -- 1 -- Literary imaginings: Personal narratives and the 'Springbok Tale'? -- Ian van der Waag -- To foreign fields -- 2 -- Saving Private Lugg -- Carl Punt -- 3 -- 'Guppy tummy and sandfly fever': South African military hospitals in the Middle East, 1941-1945 -- Karen Horn -- 4 -- 'A protracted picnic'? The wartime experience of Arthur Bintliff in Madagascar, 1942 -- Evert Kleynhans -- 5 |
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Eric Axelson and the History of the Sixth SA Armoured Division in Italy, 1943-1945 -- Ian van der Waag -- Collective experiences and commonalties -- 6 -- 'Die Propaganda Kolonel': Ernst Malherbe and the battle for morale of ordinary South African soldiers, 1939-1945 -- Fankie L. Monama -- 7 -- 'A hapless post of hungry men': Interned South African Coloured soldiers in Europe -- Rishika Yadav -- 8 -- 'This Great Adventure': White Women in the Union Defence Force, 1939-1945 -- Suryakanthie Chetty -- 9 -- Alien Springboks: Foreign Volunteers in South Africa's Union Defence Force, 1940-1945 |
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Fankie L. Monama -- 10 -- From the Battlefield to the Ballot Box: War Veterans and South African Politics, 1945-1960 -- Graeme Plint and Anri Delport -- Appendix -- A Select Guide to Published South African Soldier Narratives of the Second World War -- Ian van der Waag |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- South Africa
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Soldiers -- South Africa -- Diaries
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HISTORY / Military / World War II
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Soldiers
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South Africa
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| Genre/Form |
Diaries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1928480918 |
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9781928480914 |
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