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WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS IN THE NAMIBIAN BORDER WAR

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dc.creator Lieneke Eloff de Visser
dc.date 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T20:09:57Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T20:09:57Z
dc.identifier 10.5787/39-1-103
dc.identifier 2224-0020
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/08732e43352d46969e3dd2e017a1ca2d
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9411
dc.identifier.uri https://doaj.org/article/08732e43352d46969e3dd2e017a1ca2d
dc.description During the Namibian border war, South African counterinsurgency doctrine acknowledged the importance of securing the allegiance and cooperation of the population. This article demonstrates that, in the operational zone, the responsibility of winning the hearts and minds of the Namibian people largely fell to the SADF (South African Defence Force). Although the SADF dedicated considerable resources to this task, these efforts were often at cross-purposes with those of institutions in the political, police and administrative domains. In addition, there was a lack of unity and purpose within the SADF. This article argues that lack of unity between and within the different domains undermined the effort at winning the hearts and minds of the Namibian population, and must at least partly have contributed to SWAPO´s victory in the 1989 elections.
dc.language English
dc.publisher University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/103
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
dc.subject U
dc.subject DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.subject DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.subject DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.title WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS IN THE NAMIBIAN BORDER WAR
dc.type Article


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