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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen R. DavisPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press ISBN: 9780253032287ISBN 10: 0253032288 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 01 March 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. A Brief History of the Umkhonto we Sizwe and the Armed Struggle 2. ""I Am Not Prepared to Answer at This Stage"": History, Evidence and the Mamre Camp, December 26–30, 1962 3. The Sight of Battle: Visuality, History, and Representations of the Wankie Campaign, July 31–September 8, 1967 4. Losing the Plot: Mystery, Narrativity and Investigation in Novo Catengue, May 1977–March 1979 5. Everyday Life during Wartime: Experience, Modes of Writing, and the Underground in Cape Town During the Long Decade of the 1980s Conclusion: Making the Struggle Concrete: Nationalist Historiography at Freedom Park Appendices Bibliography Index"ReviewsThe ANC's War against Apartheid is a masterful corrective to contemporary grand narratives about the military struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Its value and sheer usefulness for scholars and advanced students working on southern African political history cannot be overestimated. * American Historical Review * Stephen Davis charts new territory in a bold and lively fashion. Apart from furthering our knowledge and understanding of MK, he contributes significantly to scholarship on liberation movements more broadly. Essential reading. -Gary Baines, author of South Africa's Border War This is an important and timely study, highly readable, solidly researched, and well written. It provides a fascinating and provocative engagement for those interested in histories of liberation, armed struggles, and informal armed formations. -Nicky Rousseau, University of the Western Cape This is an important and timely study, highly readable, solidly researched, and well written. It provides a fascinating and provocative engagement for those interested in histories of liberation, armed struggles, and informal armed formations. -Nicky Rousseau, University of the Western Cape Stephen Davis charts new territory in a bold and lively fashion. Apart from furthering our knowledge and understanding of MK, he contributes significantly to scholarship on liberation movements more broadly. Essential reading. -Gary Baines, author of South Africa's Border War Author InformationStephen Davis is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Kentucky. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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