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To Secondary Sources on the History of the South African National Defence Force, 1912-1995 Scientia Militaria, South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 25, Nr 2, 1995. http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za A BIBLI = ;RAPHICAL GUIDE TO SECONDARY SOURCES ON THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE, 1912-1995 Compiled by Major I.J. van der Waag Documentation Service Directorate, National Defence Force Ideally, an historian, if he is to acquit his task, must all the evidence relating to his topic. By consulting know the total range and types of sources avail- secondary works, he gains access to knowledge able to him, in and around the topic of his enquiry. based on archival sources which he may not be Knowing what his colleagues have published is able to consult for himself. essential. However, it is hardly possible to compile, and keep up to date, a full bibliography. Selection is Clearly then, the historian must acquaint himself both subjective and arbitrary; and a selection of with the body of published knowledge. For the sake books, articles and manuscripts is no exception. of convenience, this bibliographical guide, which represents the first reasonably comprehensive at- Nonetheless, a serious researcher will attempt to tempt to show what has been written on the mili- make a survey of all the material, archival and sec- tary history of South Africa since 1912, has been ondary, which may conceivably be relevant to his divided into the following categories: topic. Geoffrey Elton has described this as "a broad- fronted attack upon all the relevant material".' This 1. Historiography, Method and Sources is of primary importance to historical scholarship. 2. General First and foremost, it is pointless to duplicate work 3. Formative Years once all the major issues and questions involved, 4. First World War have already been thrashed out by other histori- 5. The Interwar Years 1919-1939 ans. It has been said that history is an endless 6. Second World War debate. This is true. However, debating historians 7. African Defence, the Commonwealth and the must have something to say. An historian tackling Cold War a hackneyed topic, must either have discovered new 8. Consolidation, Protest and Liberation evidence or must advance a novel interpretation of 9. Southern Africa campaign 1968-1989 existing evidence. 10. Corps, Regimental and Unit Histories 11. Administrative and Office Histories Secondly, by consulting the works of a variety of 12. Regional colleagues, the historian can pick up the historical 13. Social dialogue on his topic and gain access to a very large 14. Military Culture body of knowledge "accepted" by the broad histori- 15. Messes, Canteens and Entertainment cal community. In so doing, he can identify poten- 16. Uniforms and Medals tially important questions and lines of fruitful dis- 17. Conservation cussion. 18. Biography and Autobiography Thirdly, such a "broad-fronted attack" is the only Most of these works are available at the Documen- reasonable way to cover the range of archival tation Service Directorate, either in the reading sources as it is impossible for one historian to see rooms of the Military Archives Depot or through one G.R. Elton: The Practice of History (London 1987), p.88. 126 Militaria 25/2 1995 Scientia Militaria, South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 25, Nr 2, 1995. http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za of the twenty-three National Defence Force refer- Abbot, Devon, 1989. ence libraries. Ploeger, J. Suid-Afrikaanse staats- en 1. HISTORIOGRAPHY, METHOD staatsondersteunde militere geskiedskrywing, AND SOURCES 1924-1987, Militaria 19(4) 1989 : 15-36. Pretorius, C.M.L. Toeganklikheid van die SAW- Anon. 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