South Africa's civil war, 1985-1995
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5724955 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stuart J Kaufman (0000-0003-2443-7103, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 501-521 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South African Journal of International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1022-0461 • E-ISSN: 1938-0275 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10220461.2017.1422012 |
| OpenAlex | W2794143076 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The end of apartheid in South Africa is typically characterised as ‘peaceful’. However, between 1985 and 1995, South Africa experienced a civil war in which more than 20,000 people died. In this war, the African National Congress (ANC) implemented a strategy of ‘people’s war’ based on Vietnam’s experience while the government pursued a counterinsurgency strategy based on models employed by the United States. In the war’s second phase, the ANC and Inkatha employed unconventional tactics in a campaign to gain political and military control of disputed territory. Owing to its success in the war, the ANC was able to prevent its rivals from significantly limiting its power in the central government after 1994 as well as exclude Inkatha from operating in key areas even in its home province
Development economics · Economic history · Economics · International relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.71 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2021 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |