Post by cjm on Nov 23, 2016 5:10:11 GMT
I search in vain for any reference to Leopold Scholtz's definitive book about the border war as some (most?) of conclusions seem directly in opposition.
The Afrikaner search for survival revisited
Review of Jamie Miller’s, An African Volk- The Apartheid Regime and its Search for Survival, Oxford University Press, New York, 2016, 439 pages, price N$ 725,00.
This is an extraordinary book. It details the policies pursued by John Vorster during his tenure as Prime Minister (1966-1979). Events inside SA are presented with sound observation and documented authoritatively. The global and regional repercussions of some of the ill-fated decisions are dissected and laid bare. He cuts to the bone in exposing Afrikanerdom's troubled efforts to make itself compatible with the post-colonial world.
What went into the final product demonstrates tenacity and perseverance. The author, an Australian, came to South Africa to fathom what John Vorster was all about. For any South African that would have been a daunting task. For a foreigner even more so to work his way through stacks of archival material and official cabinet documentation, including the minutes of their meetings.
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The Afrikaner search for survival revisited
Review of Jamie Miller’s, An African Volk- The Apartheid Regime and its Search for Survival, Oxford University Press, New York, 2016, 439 pages, price N$ 725,00.
This is an extraordinary book. It details the policies pursued by John Vorster during his tenure as Prime Minister (1966-1979). Events inside SA are presented with sound observation and documented authoritatively. The global and regional repercussions of some of the ill-fated decisions are dissected and laid bare. He cuts to the bone in exposing Afrikanerdom's troubled efforts to make itself compatible with the post-colonial world.
What went into the final product demonstrates tenacity and perseverance. The author, an Australian, came to South Africa to fathom what John Vorster was all about. For any South African that would have been a daunting task. For a foreigner even more so to work his way through stacks of archival material and official cabinet documentation, including the minutes of their meetings.
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