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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