Southern Africa Since The Portuguese Coup

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First published in 1980. Toward the end of 1975 the author decided to edit a collection of essays on political developments in Southern Africa. Regional events since the Portuguese coup in April 1974 had already made an enormous impact, first suggesting the possibilities of peaceful accommodation between South Africa and its neighbors, but then demonstrating the destructive impact in Angola of widespread international intervention (in the latter half of 1975). From 1975 to the present, events in Southern Africa have neared center stage in international attention, but, as these essays will show, outstanding regional differences are no closer to peaceful resolution in late 1979 than they were in early 1976. Cover Half Title Series Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of Maps The Contributors Preface Introduction PART 1 THE TRIGGERING EVENT 1. Portuguese Withdrawal from Africa, 1974-1975: The Angolan Case PART 2 THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF REGIONAL CONFLICT: ANGOLA AND ITS AFTERMATH 2. The Cuban Role in Southern Africa 3. The Soviet Role in Southern Africa PART 3 TERRITORIES IN TRANSITION? ZIMBABWE RHODESIA AND SOUTH WEST AFRICA/NAMIBIA 4. Zimbabwe and Southern African "Détente," 5. South West Africa/Namibia: A Study in Polarization and Confrontation PART 4 SOUTH AFRICA IN THE REGION 6. South Africa's Regional Role PART 5 THE WIDENING CONFLICT WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA 7. Afrikaner Nationalist Perspectives About Change in South African Domestic Policies 8. Independence for the Transkei: Mystification and Diversion in the Model Bantustan 9. Retreat from Challenge: White Reactions to Regional Events Since 1974 10. The Baptism of Fire: South Africa's Black Majority After the Portuguese Coup PART 6 BLACK AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS IN REGIONAL POLITICS 11. Independent African States and the Struggle for Southern Africa 12. The Portuguese Coup and Zaire's Southern Africa Policy 13. Independent Mozambique and Its Regional Policy Conclusion Index