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South Africa's Armaments Industry
Dan Henk
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Description for South Africa's Armaments Industry
Hardback. In 1994, with the advent of majority rule, the new South African government faced the hopeful, yet sobering task of negotiating the country's past while crafting its future. This book explores the significant historical and ideological obstacles overcome, and the rehabilitation of the arms industry to contribute to the country's redevelopment. Num Pages: 220 pages, maps. BIC Classification: KNDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
South Africa's arms industry is an interesting phenomenon. Virtually nonexistent in 1960, the industry developed with almost unprecedented rapidity and by the mid '80s employed more than 150,000 people. Motivated by the quest for security and involvement in regional wars, South Africa was one of a handful of states in the developing world willing to bear the economic burden of a massive arms industry and the result was an armaments industry like no other in Africa. With the advent of majority rule in 1994, the new South African government faced many difficult choices, including the future of an important ... Read more
South Africa's arms industry is an interesting phenomenon. Virtually nonexistent in 1960, the industry developed with almost unprecedented rapidity and by the mid '80s employed more than 150,000 people. Motivated by the quest for security and involvement in regional wars, South Africa was one of a handful of states in the developing world willing to bear the economic burden of a massive arms industry and the result was an armaments industry like no other in Africa. With the advent of majority rule in 1994, the new South African government faced many difficult choices, including the future of an important ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761834816
SKU
V9780761834816
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About Dan Henk
Dan Henk is an Associate Professor of Leadership at the U.S. Air War College, and a former Army Officer with extensive experience in Africa. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Florida.
Reviews for South Africa's Armaments Industry
Henk (U.S. Air War College) is well qualified to reveal the development of South Africa's armaments industry. South Africa's Achievement in the arms industry is astonishing, for under apartheid it faced limited resources and international sanctions. Yet the regime managed to foster manufacturing of excellent weapons in a short time (1976?89) and without export markets....Apartheid is gone and South Africa ... Read more