South Africa's Post-Apartheid Military: Lost in Transition and Transformation

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.