South Africa: crisis for the West / [by] Colin and Margaret Legum.

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Main Authors: Legum, Colin, Legum, Margaret, 1933-2007 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Praeger, [1964]
Series:Praeger world affairs special.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : The crisis ; Origins of the crisis
  • I. Power in society : 2. Afrikanerdom : Its power structure : The electorate ; The broederbond ; The Dutch reformed church ; The intellectuals ; The party and its press ; Financial and special interest groups ; The Afrikaner worker. Afrikanerdom chooses its weapons : The weapon that failed ; Ideology and guns ; Bantustans or bust. The mood of the Afrikaner : Reactions to shock ; The sense of urgency ; The double voice ; How to make friends of enemies ; The sense of losing power ; The great gulf ; The sense of isolation ; Attitudes to the west ; Attitudes to Africa ; Attitudes to the United Nations ; The divided mind
  • 3. English-speaking South Africa : Society, attitudes and politics : The churches ; The united party ; The progressive party ; The liberal party. The business men : Big business minds its business ; The South Africa foundation ; The role of Mr. Harry Oppenheimer. International finance in the republic : The British stake ; Other European interests ; American financial interests ; Japan's rising star. The mood of English-speaking South Africa
  • 4. The Africans : African society: Reactions to conquest ; Africans in the reserves ; Africans on the Platteland ; Africans in the towns ; Population removals. Political movements : Strands of nationalism ; African national congress ; The Pan-African congress ; African nationalism and the communists. The African mood : What do Africans want? ; Africans choose their weapons
  • 5. The non-white minorities : The coloureds
  • The Indian community
  • 6. Sixteen years of apartheid
  • II. International power and South Africa : 7. The search for solutions
  • 8. Flash points : South west Africa ; The high commission territories
  • 9. World opinion and intervention today
  • 10. The lobby against intervention : The lobby in Britain ; The lobby in the United States
  • 11. The case for sanctions
  • 12. The arguments against intervention
  • 13. The objectives of sanctions
  • 14. The strategy of sanctions
  • 15. The effects of sanctions outside South Africa
  • 16. The effects of sanctions on South Africa.