ISBN:
0-393-03432-1
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978-0-393-03432-5
Language:
English
Pages:
533 Seiten, 5 ungezählte Blätter Bildtafeln
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Illustrationen
Keywords:
Südliches Afrika Südafrika
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USA
;
Angola
;
Mosambik
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Außenpolitik
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Beziehungen, internationale
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Apartheid
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Politik und Gesellschaft
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Radio
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Massenmedien
Abstract:
A decade ago no region of the world was more tormented by fear, hatred, and racial conflict than the southern part of Africa. Frequent waves of war and internal strife swept over nations that history and geography had made truculent neighbors. There, a young Assistant Secretary of State embarked on what proved to be an eight-year diplomatic marathon, pitting him against relentless ideologues - some thuggish defenders of a shrinking "white redoubt," others dedicated Marxist revolutionaries, still others crafty potentates abetted by Cuban mercenaries whose support could be obtained at a price. Chester A. Crocker was the U.S. point man for African policy from 1982 to 1989, serving as Assistant Secretary of State longer than anyone in the history of the State Department. He developed the strategy and led the diplomacy that culminated in a settlement that ended nearly thirty years of regional conflict, guaranteeing the UN - supervised transition to independence of Africa's last colony, Namibia, as well as the withdrawal of 50,000 Cuban troops from neighboring Angola. Chester Crocker's mission was not made easier by the divisive battle between the Reagan administrations and its critics over South Africa and by the bitter struggle within the administration between movement conservatives and internationalists for control of Third World policy. Despite the obstacles that turned his original diplomatic initiative for "constructive engagement" into a prolonged effort in conflict resolution, the Crocker strategy worked. This engrossing narrative reveals the role of American diplomacy in bringing freedom to Namibia and Angola, while scoring a major Cold War triumph and setting the stage for South Africa's dramatic turn away from apartheid and toward the negotiation of a nonracial democracy.During the 1980s, a wave of strife threatened to engulf the nations of Southern Africa. Chester Crocker embarked on an eight-year diplomatic marathon to bring peace to the truculent neighbours. Despite all the obstacles to resolving the complex conflict, the Crocker strategy worked. This narrative tells how peace (almost) came to Angola and why South Africa let Namibia have its independence. This book is aimed at professional diplomats and lay readers alike.SubjectCrocker, Chester A.
Description / Table of Contents:
Foreword by George P. Shultz -- Acknowledgement -- Preface -- 1. A Mission to Accomplish -- 2. The Historical Setting -- 3. The U.S. Decision to Engage, 1981 -- 4. Engaging the Allies and the South Africans, 1981 -- 5. The Contact Group Engages the Africans, 1981-82 -- 6. Engaging the Angolans, 1981-82 -- 7. The Angolans Get Serious...and Scared, 1983 -- 8. Breakthroughs and Opportunities, 1984 -- 9. The Gathering Storm, 1984-85 -- 10. The Exceptional Mozambicans -- 11. Sanctions and Sanctimony: The South Africa Debate of 1985 -- 12. The Right Strikes Back, 1985-86 -- 13. The Great Foreign Policy Robbery of 1986: South Africa Round Two -- 14. Angola and the Art of Indecision, 1986-87 -- 15. The Final Shoving Match, 1987-88 -- 16. Getting the Parties to the Table, 1988 -- 17. Reflections on the Endgame, 1988 -- 18. The Road to Victory -- 19. Why U.S. Policy Succeeded -- 20. The Grand Strategy of Peacemaking: Thoughts from the Front Lines -- Appendices: 1. Resolution 435, 1978. 2. New York Principles, July 1988. 3. The Geneva Protocol, 5 August 1988. 4. The Brazzaville Protocol, 13 December 1988. 5. Bilateral Agreement, 22 December 1988. 6. Tripartite Agreement, 22 December 1988 -- Further reading -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 512-514
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