| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 301 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in intelligence series |
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Studies in intelligence series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: South African Intelligence in Revolution and Counter- Revolution 19488211;2005 -- 2 The Birth of South Africa8217;s Intelligence Capability and the Rise of the 8220;Securocracy8221;, 19488211;1972 -- 3 8220;Total Strategy8221; and the 8220;Securocratisation8221; of the Government, 19728211;1978 -- 4 Hydra: The Rise of the National Intelligence and Counter- Revolutionary Structures, 19788211;1983 -- 5 Carrot and Stick: The Domestic Coin Paradigm, 19808211;1985 -- 6 The Assassins8217; Web: The Growth of Counter- Revolutionary Warfare Intelligence, 19798211;1985 -- 7 Crossing the Rubicon: 8220;The Gloves Come Off 8221; for a Total Counter- Revolutionary Strategy, 19858211;1990 -- 8 Negotiating a Settlement: Reform and Retrenchment for All, 19908211;1994 -- 9 Progress and Problems: South Africa8217;s New Intelligence Dispensation, 19948211;2005 -- 10 Conclusion: Still Fighting the War 8211; the Legacy of South Africa8217;s Intelligence History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This book is the first full history of South African intelligence and provides a detailed examination of the various stages in the evolution of South Africa's intelligence organizations and structures. Covering the apartheid period of 1948-90, the transition from apartheid to democracy of 1990-94, and the post-apartheid period of new intelligence dispensation from 1994-2005, this book examines not only the apartheid government's intelligence dispensation and operations, but also those of the African National Congress, and its partner, the South African Communist Party (ANC/SACP) - as well as those of other liberation movements and the 'independent homelands' under the apartheid system. Examining the civilian, military and police intelligence structures and operations in all periods, as well as the extraordinarily complicated apartheid government's security bureaucracy (or 'securocracy') and its structures and units, the book discusses how South Africa's Cold War 'position' influenced its relationships with various other world powers, especially where intelligence co-operation came to bear. It outlines South Africa's regional relationships and concerns - the foremost being its activities in South-West Africa (Namibia) and its relationship with Rhodesia through 1980. Finally, it examines the various legislative and other governance bases for the existence and operations of South Africa's intelligence structures - in all periods - and the influences that such activities as the Rivonia Trial (at one end of the history) or the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (at the other end) had on the evolution of these intelligence questions throughout South Africa's modern history. This book will be of great interest to all students of South African politics, intelligence studies and international politics in general. -- Product Description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Intelligence service -- South Africa -- History
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National security -- South Africa -- History
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TRUE CRIME -- Espionage.
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Intelligence service
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National security
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
South Africa -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125486
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| Subject |
South Africa
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203840610 |
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0203840615 |
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128303834X |
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9781283038348 |
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9781136892820 |
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1136892826 |
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9781136892776 |
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113689277X |
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9781136892813 |
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1136892818 |
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9780415535243 |
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0415535247 |
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