Call for Publications
South Africa and the outbreak of the two World Wars
Special Issue June 2014
The editorial board of Scientia Militaria and the Department of Military History, Stellenbosch University, are pleased to announce the Call for Publications for a Special Issue of Scientia Militaria to mark the centenary of the eruption of the First World War and the seventieth-fifth anniversary of the start of the Second World War. 1914 and 1939 are key years in the history of South Africa. They mark critical culminations in decision-making on neutrality and political-military relations with the British Empire/Commonwealth and witnessed sudden, urgent activity in force design and preparation, increasing wartime industrial output, and the battle to win the heart of a nation fractured along lines of race, class, and nationality. Articles placing 1914 and 1939 in comparative perspective are especially welcomed. Contributions covering the periods preceding 1914 and 1939 or taking thematic approaches are equally encouraged.
Politics and alliances / National interest / Defence policy / Intelligence and the threat perception / Homefront / Mobilisation / Consumption / Economics / Industry / Resistance to the war / Propaganda / Military organisation, force design, preparation.
The current deadline to submit a proposal (a title and a 300-word abstract with short cv) is 30 June 2013.
Address submissions and enquiries to:
Prof Ian van der Waag (ian@ma2.sun.ac.za / ian@sun.ac.za)
Prof Deon Visser (visser@ma2.sun.ac.za)
Vol 40, No 3: Special Centenary Issue
Table of Contents
From the Editors
| Between history, amnesia and selective memory: The South African armed forces, a century’s perspective | |
| Ian Van der Waag, Deon Visser |
Articles
| Accolades and Albatrosses: The South African National Defence Force’s Centenary and the Commemoration of Milestones in South African Military History | |
| Deon Visser |
| Operation Savannah: A Measure of SADF Decline, Resourcefulness and Modernisation | |
| Rodney Warwick |
| The South African Defence Force and Horse Mounted Infantry Operations, 1974-1985 | |
| Jacques J. P. De Vries, Sandra Swart |
| Decline and Fall: Why The South African Civilian Defence Secretariat Was Dissolved In 1966 | |
| Deon Fourie |
| Resurrection of the Marine Capability in the South African Navy: The Maritime Reaction Squadron | |
| Calvin Manganyi |
| All splendid, but horrible: The Politics of South Africa’s Second “Little Bit” and the War on the Western Front, 1915-1918 | |
| Ian Van der Waag |
| The Suppression of Internal Unrest in South West Africa (Namibia) 1921–1933 | |
| Andries M. Fokkens |
| Considerations on Defence Thinking in Post-1994 South Africa with Special Reference to Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development | |
| Theo Neethling |
| Guiding the Seafarers: The South African Hydrographic Office and the Contribution of the Three Proteas | |
| Thean Potgieter |
| From El Wak to Sidi Rezegh: The Union Defence Force’s First Experience of Battle in East and North Africa, 1940-1941 | |
| Gustav Bentz |
| Changing Attitudes among South African Prisoners of War towards their Italian Captors during World War II, 1942–1943 | |
| Karen Horn |
| The South African Air Force, 1920–2012: A Review of its History and an Indication of its Cultural Heritage | |
| André Wessels |
| The First South African Armoured Battle in Italy during the Second World War: The Battle of Celleno – 10 June 1944 | |
| Evert Kleynhans |
| A Case of Arrested Development: The Historiography Relating to South Africa’s Participation in the Second World War | |
| David Katz |
| The Lessons of the Border War | |
| Leopold Scholtz |
| ISSN 2224-0020 (online) ; ISSN 1022-8136 (print) |
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