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Soldiers in a Storm: The Armed Forces in South Africa's Democratic Transition is a study of the role of the military in the creation and development of South Africa's new post-apartheid system. Philip Frankel asserts that the armed forces played a far greater role in the end of apartheid than is currently acknowledged in the literature, and that the relatively peaceful negotiations that ended apartheid would not have been possible without the participation of the South African National Defense Force and two major liberation armies.Frankel also examines the topics of military disengagement, civilianization, post-authoritarian political behavior on the part of militaries, and the process of democratic consolidation. He also discusses how many of these themes have been explored in the context of Latin America, and he points out that this is the only book that places these themes within the context of South Africa. This is an important case study with universal implications.
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Rosalyn Hope
reviewed Soldiers In A Storm on March 31, 2020
Soldiers In A Storm
As always, please read the publisher's introduction (above) first, for context.
I didn't at all care for the speculative anthropology that opens the book (see Max Carmichael's review, ). The author's personal observations are the meat of the book, and some are extraordinary. For instance, I invite you to jump to her description of Kalahari lions and other dangerous predators (p. 150). The most memorable part of her wonderful book "The Tribe of Tiger: Cats and Their Culture" was about the lions and the Bushmen. The Bushmen didn't bother the lions, and the lions (largely) left the people alone. Which wasn't true of the hyenas, who regularly killed and ate people, though (usually) old and sick people.
So you should skip over the introductory material and start either with the lions, or with EMT's family and their first trip into the Kalahari in 1950, when it was largely unknown to Westerners. The wonderful picture of EMT and her mother on p.57 should catch your attention.
And then continue on, skipping over anything that doesn't hold your attention. But maybe come back to those sections later. These are interesting people ' both the locals and the Americans. They were one of the last pure hunter-gatherer cultures, and it was an admirable success. EMT doesn't gloss over the hardships, and she's a graceful writer.
Sadly but predictably, the outside world moved in, and the result wasn't pretty. But the Ju/wasi people have a resilient culture, and the book ends on a note of hope.
I'd written a "meh" review, the book is due, but I decided to give it one more chance. I'm glad I did! 4 stars.
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