THE STANDARD OF RESEARCH ON THE BATTLE OF CUITO CUANAVALE, 1987–1988

dc.creator	Leopold Scholtz
dc.date	2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:44Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:44Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/39-1-105
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/1c8de47504894a6785728c5b54d39cbd
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9248
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/1c8de47504894a6785728c5b54d39cbd
dc.description	The purpose of this article is to examine the standard of research about the so-called Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. After examining what objectivity for the academic researcher should mean, two categories of researchers are looked at. The first is called the “non-researchers”. They are those who do no or virtually no real research into the events at Cuito Cuanavale, but uncritically copy what politicians and politically correct academics have to say about the subject. The focus also falls on one particular historian, Italian-American Professor Piero Gleijeses. On the basis of several articles (his book about Cuba‟s role in Africa until 1976 is judged to be good), the conclusion is that his evident admiration for Cuba and its dictator, President Fidel Castro, and his revulsion at apartheid South Africa brings about a one-sided and distorted picture of what went on at Cuito Cuanavale and the Border War in general. The last category is the “serious researchers”, whose work is based on good research. Although their work displays certain gaps in the sense that they had no access to Cuban or Angolan sources, they generally are much more reliable in their facts than the “non-researchers” and Professor Gleijeses.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/105
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 39, Iss 1 (2011)
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	THE STANDARD OF RESEARCH ON THE BATTLE OF CUITO CUANAVALE, 1987–1988
dc.type	Article