This study questions conventional wisdom about the nature and outcome of the South African conflict. Avoiding both wishful thinkiong and mere moralizing, Heribert Adam and Hermann Giliomee critically examine the applicability of such concepts as colonialism, fascism, and class exploitation cherished by the Left, and the notion of pluralism and identity on the political Right. In contrast to the liberal focus, they find the roots of the South African predicament not in ideological racism or prejudiced Calvinism but in the entrenchment of Afrikaner power and privilege. The potent force was...

Respected historian Hermann Giliomee takes a fresh, incisive look at the five last Afrikaner leaders - and how and why their best laid plans went tragically and horrifically wrong.Interviews with ageing former leaders have brought much new information to light. Unexpected and gripping, with new insights on the inner workings of the apartheid era.

Gerespekteerde historikus Hermann Giliomee volg die wee van vyf invloedryke Afrikanerleiers: Hendrik Verwoerd, John Vorster, PW Botha, Frederik van Zyl Slabbert en FW de Klerk.Hoe het intelligente, gerespekteerde leiers vir soveel jaar so 'n onderdrukkende stelsel kon handhaaf? Inligting van rolspelers bied nuwe insigte op die apartheidsregering.

Internasionaal-bekende historikus prof. Hermann Giliomee dek die geskiedenis van die Afrikaners in 'n hoogs leesbare narratief. Hy verken verskeie omstrede kwessies - die redes vir hul opgee van mag, pogings om saam met ander minderhede te veg vir die Grondwet, en hul soms stormagtige verhouding met die ANC en president Zuma.