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U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Apartheid South Africa, 1948–1994

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Alex Thomson
    Pages 1-3

  3. A Balancing Act: Key U.S. Interests and Apartheid South Africa

    • Alex Thomson
    Pages 5-16

  4. “Mutual Cooperation” and “Serious Concern”: The Truman and Eisenhower Administrations, 1948–1961

    • Alex Thomson
    Pages 17-29

  5. “The Best of Both Worlds”: The Kennedy Administration, 1961–1963

    • Alex Thomson
    Pages 31-45

  6. “A Frustratingly Difficult Set of Policy Considerations to Juggle”: The Johnson Administration, 1963–1969

    • Alex Thomson
    Pages 47-62

  7. “The Whites are Here to Stay …”: The Nixon and Ford Administrations, 1969–1977

    • Alex Thomson
    Pages 63-87

  8. “Andy Young is Not a Policy”: The Carter Administration, 1977–1981

    • Alex Thomson
    Pages 89-109

  9. “Neither the Clandestine Embrace nor the Polecat Treatment”: The Reagan Administration, 1981–1984

    • Alex Thomson
    Pages 111-128

  10. “There are Occasions when Quiet Diplomacy is Not Enough”: The Reagan Administration, 1984–1986

    • Alex Thomson
    Pages 129-147

  11. “Sanctions by Themselves do Not Represent a Policy”: The Reagan, Bush, and Clinton Administrations, 1986–1994

    • Alex Thomson
    Pages 149-167

  12. Conclusion

    • Alex Thomson
    Pages 169-174

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 175-249
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This book charts the evolution of US foreign policy towards South Africa, beginning in 1948 when the architects of apartheid, the Nationalist Party, came to power. Thomson highlights three sets of conflicting Western interests: strategic, economic and human rights.

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ALEX THOMSON is Deputy Director of the African Studies Centre of Coventry University, UK.

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