Southern Africa Since The Portuguese Coup

ISBN-13: 9780367303549 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 252 str.

John Seiler

Opis

This book presents an exposition of events since the April 1974 coup in Portugal that shifted political relationships in Southern Africa and forced a clearer emergence of intractable differences. An analysis of their implications confirms that Southern Africa will remain in international attention.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- The Triggering Event -- Portuguese Withdrawal from Africa, 1974-1975: The Angolan Case -- The Internationalization of Regional Conflict: Angola and Its Aftermath -- The Cuban Role in Southern Africa -- The Soviet Role in Southern Africa -- Territories in Transition? Zimbabwe Rhodesia and South West Africa/Namibia -- Zimbabwe and Southern African “Détente” -- South West Africa/Namibia: A Study in Polarization and Confrontation -- South Africa in the Region -- South Africa's Regional Role -- The Widening Conflict Within South Africa -- Afrikaner Nationalist Perspectives about Change in South African Domestic Policies -- Independence for the Transkei: Mystification and Diversion in the Model Bantustan -- Retreat from Challenge: White Reactions to Regional Events Since 1974 -- The Baptism of Fire: South Africa's Black Majority After the Portuguese Coup -- Black African Governments in Regional Politics -- Independent African States and the Struggle for Southern Africa -- The Portuguese Coup and Zaire's Southern Africa Policy -- Independent Mozambique and Its Regional Policy -- Conclusion

O autorze

John Seiler was formerly an associate research fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University.