AN ORIGINAL APPROACH TO REGIMENTAL HISTORY: THE STORY OF THE WITWATERSRAND RIFLES

dc.creator	S. Monick
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:51Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:51Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/19-4-373
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8f558b4cf3774cdf9ad81cd1c3c7ff11
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8528
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/8f558b4cf3774cdf9ad81cd1c3c7ff11
dc.description	<p>At the end of October 1989 the regimental history of the Witwatersrand Rifles was published. The book is entitled <em>A bugle calls: the story of</em> <em>the Witwatersrand Rifles and its predecessors</em> 1899-1987, and its 764 pages (which includes some 65 maps and 105 photographs) details the history of this Citizen Force regiment, headquartered at Germiston, on the East Rand (since 1963). The author, Dr S Monick (a senior professional officer at the South African National Museum of Military History, in Johannesburg) has adopted what he hopes is a unique and refreshingly original approach to regimental history specifically, and South African military history in general. The following article is not, of course, a review of the book; such an object demands the highest degree of objectivity which is, obviously, impossible in this paper written by the author of the book himself. Rather, what is intended is a critique of the approach and methodology adopted in the regimental history.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/373
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 19, Iss 4 (2012)
dc.subject	history of the Witwatersrand history of the WitwatersRifles
dc.subject	history of this Citizen Force regiment
dc.subject	a critique of the approach and methodology adopted in the regimental history
dc.subject	Germiston
dc.subject	East Rand
dc.subject	The concept of a regiment: a sociologist's approach
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	AN ORIGINAL APPROACH TO REGIMENTAL HISTORY: THE STORY OF THE WITWATERSRAND RIFLES
dc.type	Article