Totale Aanslag – D.J. Potgieter
Totale Aanslag – D.J. Potgieter
Totale Aanslag: Die Allemansgids tot die Suid-Afrikaanse Konflik (Very Good Collectible Copy)
An Objective Investigation Into Late-Apartheid Security Strategies and Border War Realities
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Totale Aanslag
- Author: D.J. Potgieter
- Publisher: Struik Publishers, Cape Town
- Publication Date: 2007 (First Edition)
- ISBN-13: 9781770073272
- Edition Details: First Edition, Standard Softcover Release.
- Binding: Original publisher's premium high-gloss illustrated card wrappers (Paperback).
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), illustrated with strategic operational diagrams and archival threat-assessment photographs.
- Language: Afrikaans
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Wraps: The illustrated softcover wraps are bright and flat, displaying only minor edge wear and light corner friction consistent with standard shelf handling. The spine is uncreased and square.
- Interior: The inner pages are exceptionally clean, tight, and well-bound. Displays a light, natural age-related maturing (mild page-edge yellowing) that is completely uniform and clean. Free of markings, highlights, or library stamps.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Released in 2007, Totale Aanslag provides a detailed, objective evaluation of the dynamic security concepts that dominated the South African landscape during the 1970s and 1980s. Potgieter carefully unpacks the inner workings of the "Total Onslaught" defense doctrine used by P.W. Botha's administration. The text explores the interaction between internal resistance movements, external Soviet-backed operations during the Border War, cross-border raids by the SADF, and the deep paranoia that shaped white South African society. It serves as a highly readable, essential guide to the covert and overt mechanisms of the conflict.
Author Profile: D.J. Potgieter
D.J. Potgieter is an analytical South African historian and investigative journalist who focuses on the military infrastructure, strategic defense policies, and psychological warfare strategies of the late 20th-century Southern African theater.
