The last defenders of the laager : Ian D. Smith and F.W. de Klerk
Rising nationalism and the devastation of civil war would eventually force these leaders to abandon the colonial systems that they had inherited from their predecessors.The study details the origins and development of the laager system in Africa.
Biographies
xxii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780275960308, 9781567508680, 0275960307, 1567508685
37546908
PrefaceIntroductionBeginnings of the Laager: F. W. de Klerk in the Context of Political Leadership in South AfricaOrigins of the Laager: Ian D. Smith in the Context of Political Leadership in Colonial ZimbabweCracks in the Laager: The Fall of Pieter W. Botha and the Rise of F. W. de KlerkChasms in the Laager: The Fall of Edgar Whitehead and the Rise of Ian D. SmithF. W. de Klerk: The Man and His MissionIan D. Smith, the RF Policy, and Conflict from Efforts to Defend the LaagerF. W. de Klerk and the ANC: A Meeting of the MindsDe Klerk and Smith as Last Defenders of the Laager: Summary, Conclusion, and ImplicationsSelected BibliographyIndex