When the Afrikaners (Boers) migrated northward from the Cape to
escape British rule, they enountered the Zulu people. To protect
their claims, the Boers formed the laager, a circle of wagons. As
years passed, the laager acquired wider political dimensions and
became a symbol of Afrikaner determination to survive under hostile
conditions. Ian D. Smith, last colonial leader of Zimbabwe from
1964 to 1979, and F. W. de Klerk, the last white president of South
Africa from 1988 to 1994, were the last defenders of the laager on
the African continent. Rising nationalism and the devastation of
civil war would eventually force these leaders to abandon the
colonial systems that they had inherited from their
predecessors.
The study details the origins and development of the laager
system in Africa. It discusses how and why previously successful
tactics to maintain the system would fail amidst the rising African
nationalism of the late 20th century. The focus of each of the
eight chapters alternates between Smith and de Klerk and examines
the efforts of each to overcome unanticipated challenges.
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