ISBN:
9780717807635
,
0717807630
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 883 Seiten
,
22 cm
DDC:
327.680730904
Keywords:
Civil rights movements
;
Civil rights movements
;
African Americans Relations with Africans 20th century
;
History
;
Anti-communist movements
;
Anti-communist movements
;
Decolonization
;
Africa, Southern Foreign relations
;
United States Foreign relations
;
USA
;
Südafrika
;
Weiße
;
Vorherrschaft
Abstract:
The U.S. in southern Africa during the 19th & early 20th centuries --The U.S. lays the foundation for apartheid, 1906-1930 --Pretoria seeks alliance with Nazi Germany to complement ties with the U.S., 1930-1939 --Pro-Nazi sabotage in Pretoria, 1940-1945 --Washington as midwife as apartheid is birthed, 1945-1952 --"Where are the militant non-communist whites?" 1952-1956 --Emboldened Africans and Negroes, 1955-1957 --Turning point, 1957-1959 --In the shadow of Sharpeville, 1960-1962 --Pivotal years, 1963-1964 --Washington and Pretoria: can this marriage be saved? --Back to Black, 1967-1968 --Contradictions, 1968-1974 --Copernican changes in Portugal, 1973-1974 --Will Cuban troops invade Rhodesia, Namibia and South Africa? 1975-1976 --Soweto's reverberations, 1976-1978 --The U.S. unable to stem apartheid's crisis --The tide turns, 1980-1984 --The CIA cabal strikes back, 1984-1985 --Sanctions imposed on apartheid, 1986 --Endgame, 1987-1990 --Liberation, 1990-1994 --Epilogue: 1994-present.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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