The Defence of White Power : South African Foreign Policy Under Pressure

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Imprint of Afrikaner Experience....Pages 3-7 Perceptions of South Africa’s International Role....Pages 8-15 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 Decision-Making and the Foreign Policy Process....Pages 19-41 Foreign Policy in Defence of Apartheid....Pages 42-48 Front Matter....Pages 49-49 Deteriorating Security and Policy Reappraisal (1974–8)....Pages 51-78 Growing Militancy and Isolation under P.W. Botha since 1978....Pages 79-91 Namibia Policy and the War in Angola....Pages 92-118 Regional Destabilization....Pages 119-140 Front Matter....Pages 141-141 Foreign Policy Responses to the West....Pages 143-158 Pretoria’s Nuclear Diplomacy....Pages 159-172 Epilogue....Pages 173-182 Back Matter....Pages 183-204 A book studying the South African foreign policy strategies in the period since 1975. The author examines the role of domestic politics, security concerns and bureaucratic conflict in shaping South Africa's responses to the rapidly-changing external environment facing the regime.