Total Strategy security doctrine

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security doctrine state policy framework

The Total Strategy security doctrine was a comprehensive apartheid-era policy framework in South Africa that combined military, political, economic, and psychological measures to combat perceived internal and external threats to white minority rule.

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Total Strategy security doctrine canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	security doctrine ⓘ state policy framework ⓘ
aimedTo	counter perceived external threats ⓘ counter perceived internal threats ⓘ preserve white minority rule ⓘ
appliedIn	apartheid government of South Africa ⓘ surface form: apartheid-era South Africa
basedOnConceptOf	total onslaught ⓘ
component	censorship and information control ⓘ counterinsurgency operations ⓘ economic measures ⓘ intelligence gathering ⓘ military measures ⓘ political measures ⓘ propaganda campaigns ⓘ psychological measures ⓘ regional destabilisation ⓘ
coordinatedThrough	National Security Management System ⓘ State Security Council ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
criticisedFor	human rights abuses ⓘ repression of political dissent ⓘ
declinedWith	negotiated transition to democracy in early 1990s ⓘ
ideology	apartheid ⓘ national security state ⓘ
implementedBy	National Intelligence Service ⓘ Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ surface form: South African Defence Force South African Police Service ⓘ surface form: South African Police State Security Council ⓘ
influencedBy	French counterinsurgency doctrines ⓘ US and Western Cold War security thinking ⓘ
initiatedUnderGovernmentOf	P. W. Botha ⓘ
justifiedBy	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War anti-communism
precededBy	Vorster government security policies ⓘ
resultedIn	expansion of security apparatus ⓘ militarisation of South African society ⓘ regional destabilisation in Southern Africa ⓘ
targeted	African National Congress ⓘ South African Communist Party ⓘ frontline states in Southern Africa ⓘ internal opposition movements ⓘ
timePeriod	1980s ⓘ late 1970s ⓘ
usedTactic	cross-border raids ⓘ detention without trial ⓘ media manipulation ⓘ psychological warfare ⓘ support for proxy forces in neighbouring states ⓘ surveillance of political activists ⓘ

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P. W. Botha → implementedPolicy → Total Strategy security doctrine ⓘ