When the Afrikaners (Boers) migrated northward from the Cape to escape British rule, they enountered the Zulu people. To protect their claims, the Boers formed the laager, a circle of wagons. As years passed, the laager acquired wider political dimensions and became a symbol of Afrikaner determination to survive under hostile conditions. Ian D. Smith, last colonial leader of Zimbabwe from 1964 to 1979, and F. W. de Klerk, the last white president of South Africa from 1988 to 1994, were the last defenders of the laager on the African continent. Rising nationalism and the devastation of civil war would eventually force these leaders to abandon the colonial systems that they had inherited from their predecessors. The study details the origins and development of the laager system in Africa. It discusses how and why previously successful tactics to maintain the system would fail amidst the rising African nationalism of the late 20th century. The focus of each of the eight chapters alternates between Smith and de Klerk and examines the efforts to overcome unanticipated challenges.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
ABC-Clio
ISBN-13
9780275960308
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95084645
Product Key Features
Author
Dickson Mungazi [Deceased]
Publication Name
The Last Defenders of the Laager: Ian D. Smith and F. w. De Klerk
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Dickson Mungazi [Deceased]
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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