1st Edition

The Unwinding of Apartheid: UK-South African Relations, 1986-1990 Documents on British Policy Overseas, Series III, Volume XI

Edited By Patrick Salmon Copyright 2019
474 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

474 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

474 Pages
by Routledge

This volume examines diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and South Africa from 1986 to 1990, when deadlock gave way to the first stages in the unwinding of apartheid. By the middle of 1986, the South African Government had succeeded in containing the township revolt, but its hesitant moves towards reform had brought the end of apartheid no closer. The intransigent figure of... Read more

Preface  1. Sanctions and Stalemate, August 1986 – December 1987  2. The Long Haul, January 1988 – January 1989  3. From P.W. Botha to F.W. de Klerk, January – November 1989  4. The Release of Nelson Mandela, December 1989 – July 1990

Biography

Patrick Salmon is Chief Historian at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.