1st Edition

The South African Intelligence Services From Apartheid to Democracy, 1948-2005

By Kevin A. O'Brien Copyright 2011
320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

This book is the first full history of South African intelligence and provides a detailed examination of the various stages in the evolution of South Africa’s intelligence organizations and structures. Covering the apartheid period of 1948-90, the transition from apartheid to democracy of 1990-94, and the post-apartheid period of new intelligence dispensation from 1994-2005, this book... Read more

1. Introduction: South African Intelligence in Revolution and Counter-Revolution 1948-2005  2. The Birth of South Africa’s Intelligence Capability and the Rise of the "Securocracy", 1948 to 1972  3. "Total Strategy" and the "Securocratisation" of the Government, 1972-1978  4. Hydra: The Rise of the National Intelligence and Counter-Revolutionary Structures, 1978-1983  5. Carrot and Stick: The Domestic COIN Paradigm, 1980-1985  6. The Assassins’ Web: The Growth of Counter-Revolutionary Warfare Intelligence, 1979-1985  7. Crossing the Rubicon: "The Gloves Come Off" for a Total Counter-Revolutionary Strategy, 1985-1990  8. Negotiating a Settlement: Reform and Retrenchment For All, 1990-1994  9. Progress and Problems: South Africa’s New Intelligence Dispensation, 1994-2005  10. Conclusion: Still Fighting The War – The Legacy of South Africa’s Intelligence History

Biography

Kevin A. O’Brien has served for a number of years as a senior advisor to Western government and critical infrastructures sectors on public security and intelligence matters. He is currently a senior analyst with the Government of Canada. He has a PhD in International Politics (Security Studies) from the University of Hull.