The White Redoubt, the Great Powers and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1960-1980

by Robert McNamara and Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses

Book Overview

This work examines the attempt by the governments of Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa to defy the drive for African independence in the 1960s and 70s, and the international community's response. From 1961 to 1974, Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa collaborated in the attempt to preserve white minority rule in their respective territories. Hard-pressed by African nationalists, recently decolonized states, and many of the world's Great Powers,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349686069
• ISBN13: 9781349686063
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 401 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"