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The White Redoubt, the Great Powers and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1960-1980 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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The White Redoubt, the Great Powers and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1960-1980 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
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This work examines the attempt by the governments of Portugal,
Rhodesia and South Africa to defy the drive for African
independence in the 1960s and 70s, and the international
community's response. From 1961 to 1974, Portugal, Rhodesia and
South Africa collaborated in the attempt to preserve white minority
rule in their respective territories. Hard-pressed by African
nationalists, recently decolonized states, and many of the world's
Great Powers, they supported each other economically, politically
and militarily, turning southern Africa into a major diplomatic
concern which defied Cold War logic. This book examines how this
collaboration came about and how the international community
responded to it, paying close attention to the evolving situation
in each country. The Portuguese Revolution of April 1974 undid this
'white redoubt', and the diplomatic policy subsequently adopted by
apartheid South Africa - detente - led it to sacrifice Rhodesia in
return for the illusion of permanent safety. A true work of
transnational history, this book is based on the archival material
of eight different countries, yet it serves as well as an
introduction to the politics of southern Africa during the late
colonial era.
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