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Apartheid's reluctant uncle
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- Book Synopsis
- Borstelmann's book has a controversial thesis that impinges greatly on the nature of USA anti-communist foreign policy in the years after the Second World War. Borstelmann makes a persuasive argument that the United States aided and abetted the establishment of the apartheid regime in South Africa because - despite reservations about Nationalist racial policies - it viewed South Africa as a vital ally in the Cold War. Exceptionally well-written and substantively strong, the book is diplomatic history in a broad context. Eschewing the reductionist, economic-determinist view that characterizes many critical accounts of US policy toward South Africa, and stressing broader strategic and ideological considerations, Borstelmann provides a rich and sophisticated account of American policy-making in that era.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780195079425
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, (26 August 1993)
- Number of Pages
- 298
- Weight
- 594 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 241 x 162 x 26.9 mm
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