U.S. foreign policy towards apartheid South Africa, 1948-1994 : conflict of interests /

This book charts the evolution of U.S. foreign policy towards South Africa during the apartheid era, beginning in 1948 and extending through the 1994 elections and the establishment of the country's first non-racial democratic government. Thomson highlights three sets of conflicting Western int...

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Main Author: Thomson, Alex, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780230617285
023061728X
1403972273
9781403972279
9781282277595
1282277596
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • A balancing act: key U.S. interests and Apartheid South Africa
  • "Mutual cooperation" and "serious concern": the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, 1948-1961
  • "The best of both worlds": the Kennedy administration, 1961-1963
  • "A frustratingly difficult set of policy considerations to juggle": the Johnson administration, 1963-1969
  • "The whites are here to stay": the Nixon and Ford administrations, 1969-1977
  • "Andy Young is not a policy": the Carter administration, 1977-1981
  • "Neither the clandestine embrace nor the polecat treatment": the Reagan administration, 1981-1984
  • "There are occasions when quiet diplomacy is not enough": the Reagan administration, 1984-1986
  • "Sanctions by themselves do not represent a policy": the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations, 1986-1994.