Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 666 g
The United States and Southern Africa in the Early Cold War
Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 666 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-507942-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press
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.
