The last Afrikaner leaders : a supreme test of power / Hermann Giliomee. [electronic resource]
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TextSeries: Reconsiderations in southern African historyPublisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2012Edition: First University of Virginia Press editionDescription: 1 online resource (448 pages)ISBN: - 9780813934952 (e-book)
- National Party (South Africa) -- History -- 20th century
- Politicians -- South Africa -- 20th century
- Apartheid -- South Africa -- 20th century
- Power (Social sciences) -- South Africa
- South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1948-1994
- South Africa -- Race relations -- 20th century -- Political aspects -- History
- 320.968 23
- JQ1998.N2 G55 2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: a tragic dilemma -- An extraordinary country -- An extraordinary professor and the 'Cape Nats' -- "The most terrific clash of interests imaginable': Hendrik Verwoerd's response -- Denying Blacks South Africans citizenship: John Vorster's empire -- Moving out into Africa: John Vorster's foreign schemes -- PW Botha and 'power sharing without losing control' -- A crossing suspended: PW Botha's Rubicon -- Van Zyl Slabbert: the golden boy and the black prince -- 'The risk of not taking risks': ending empire -- Time for a 'quantum leap': FW de Klerk's venture -- 'Paddling into dangerous rapids': drafting a new constitution -- A record of understanding -- A wary military -- Negotiating the NP out of power.
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