Prologue: the dramatis personae -- The rise of apartheid -- The decline of apartheid -- The decline and resurrection of black opposition -- Endgame -- Negotiations and the founding election -- South Africa and the world
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Prologue: the dramatis personae; 1 The rise of apartheid; 2 The decline of apartheid; 3 The decline and resurrection of black opposition; 4 Endgame; 5 Negotiations and the founding election; 6 South Africa and the world; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Summary
The release of Nelson Mandela from twenty-seven years imprisonment in 1990 and the free elections which followed four years later were among the most dramatic events of the twentieth century. David Welsh and J.E. Spence here examine the complex forces which lay behind that drama. They chart the rise and decline of apartheid ideology in South Africa, the internal insurrection and increased international isolation which characterised the 1980s and the political roller-coaster ride of the period after 1990 as constitutional negotiations got underway. Based on extensive interviews with
