White Supremacy Confronted: U.S. Imperialism and Anti-Communisim vs. the Liberation of Southern Africa, from Rhodes to Mandela

Based upon exhaustive research in all presidential libraries from Hoover to Clinton, the voluminous archives of the African National Congress [ANC] at Fort Hare University in South Africa, along with allied archives of the NAACP, the Ford and Rockefeller fortunes, etc., this is the most comprehensive account to date of the entangled histories of apartheid and Jim Crow that culminated in 1994 with the election of Nelson Mandela as president in Pretoria. The author traces in detail the close ties between e.g. Mandela, Robeson, and Du Bois--among others--and how their working in tandem with the socialist camp (particularly the Soviet Union and Cuba) was the deciding factor (along with the struggles of Africans and their allies on both sides of the Atlantic) in compelling the reluctant retreat of the comrades-in-arms: apartheid and Jim Crow. However, weeks after the collapse of the Berlin Wall the apartheid regime chose to free Mandela and to legalize the ANC and its close ally, the South African Communist Party--while anticommunism, a major ideological weapon of the ruling class in Washington and Pretoria alike, surged--putting the Mandela government in a weakened position in the prelude to the nation's first democratic elections in 1994 and thereafter. Also detailed in these riveting pages are the allied struggles in Namibia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Congo, Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique, along with the massive solidarity movement in the U.S.--particularly among unions and students--that contributed mightily to victory. This is a story well worth studying as we continue to combat anticommunism--and struggle for socialism." Introduction Chapter 1: The U.S. in Southern Africa during the 19th & Early 20th Centuries Chapter 2: The U.S. Lays the Foundation for Apartheid, 1906-1930 Chapter 3: Pretoria Seeks Alliance with Nazi Germany to Complement Ties with the U.S., 1930-1939 Chapter 4: Pro-Nazi Sabotage in Pretoria, 1940-1945 Chapter 5: Washington as Midwife as Apartheid is Birthed, 1945-1952 Chapter 6: “Where are the Militant Non-Communist Whites?” 1952-1956 Chapter 7: Emboldened Africans and Negroes, 1955-1957 Chapter 8: Turning Point, 1957-1959 Chapter 9: In the Shadow of Sharpeville, 1960-1962 Chapter 10: Pivotal Years, 1963-1964 Chapter 11: Washington and Pretoria: Can this Marriage be Saved? 1965-1967 Chapter 12: Back to Black, 1967-1968 Chapter 13: Contradictions, 1968-1974 Chapter 14: Copernican Changes in Portugal, 1973-1974 Chapter 15: Will Cuban Troops Invade Rhodesia, Namibia and South Africa? 1975-1976? Chapter 16: Soweto’s Reverberations, 1976-1978 Chapter 17: The U.S. Unable to Stem Apartheid’s Crisis, 1978-1980 Chapter 18: The Tide Turns, 1980-1984 Chapter 19: The CIA Cabal Strikes Back, 1984-1985 Chapter 20: Sanctions Imposed on Apartheid, 1986 Chapter 21: Endgame, 1987-1990 Chapter 22: Liberation, 1990-1994 Epilogue: 1994-Present Index "Based on exhaustive research in the U.S. and South Africa, this book traces the close ties between Mandela, Robeson, and Du Bois--among others--and how their working in tandem with the socialist camp (particularly the Soviet Union and Cuba) was a deciding factor in compelling the retreat of white supremacy in both nations. By 1990 the apartheid regime had freed Mandela and legalized the ANC and its close ally, the South African Communist Party, but these victories occurred just weeks after the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989--as anti-communism surged--and Mandela's forces were weakened in the prelude to the nation's first democratic elections in 1994 and thereafter. Also detailed in this book are allied struggles in Namibia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Congo, Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique, along with the massive solidarity movement in the U.S.A.--particularly among unions and students--that contributed mightily to victory. This is a story well worth studying as we fight anti-communism--and struggle for socialism"--Back cover