This is the first book to offer a comprehensive and authoritative account of South Africa's foreign policy since 1945. The authors critically examine the country's foreign policy against the background of increasingly disturbed domestic political relations and demonstrate how the Pretoria government has persistently sought to combine national security with status within the international community.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I. The Post-War challenge and the Foundation of Apartheid: 1945-1960: 2. Smuts and the aftermath of war; 3. The Nationalists establish their rule and look to Africa; 4. The Nationalists search for an international role; Part II. Sharpeville and the Challenge of the Early 1960s: 1960-1965: 5. The state under threat - the internal and international settings; 6. The government's response; Part III. The Years of Confidence: 1965-1974: 7. The internal setting; 8. The African setting; 9. The international setting; Part IV. Regional Upheaval and Soweto: 1974-1978: 10. The watershed years in southern Africa; 11. Soweto - the domestic and regional impact; 12. Soweto - the international impact; Part V. Domestic Reform and Regional Power: 978-1984: 13. The advent of P. W. Botha and the return of confidence; 14. Assertion of regional power and constructive engagement; Part VI. Renewed Challenge and Response: 1984-1988: 15. Domestic and international crisis and Pretoria's response; 16. The search continues; Appendix; Notes; Index.
