South Africa's Post-Apartheid Military

Professor Lindy Heinecken has more than 25 years' experience of teaching and research in the field. Her research interests include the challenges in recruiting suitable military personnel for a professional, technologically advanced military, and the role of women in post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding in Africa. This book draws on her past research, but includes recent interviews with key academics, politicians and military practitioners who are familiar with defence issues. She has edited volumes, contributed many book chapters, written a large number of journal articles and presented many papers at international academic conferences.

Introduction: Overview of Lost in Transition and Transformation.- New Security Environment: Mission Focus, Organisational and Force Restructuring.- Peace Missions: The Nature and Experiences of Deployment and Reintegration.- Civil-Military Relations: The Theory, Practice and Implications of a Civil-Military Gap.- Political Transformation: Integration, Affirmative Action and the Management of Diversity.- Military Veterans: Difficulties of Reintegration and Challenges of Compensation.- Gender Equality: Inclusion, Exclusion and the Challenge of Re-Gendering the Military.- HIV/ AIDS: The Threat, Prevention and Controversy Surrounding Testing and Deployment.- Military Unions: Emergence, Resistance and Attempts at Obviating the Need for Unions.- Conclusions, lessons learned and future challenges.