In Sight of Surrender: The U.S. Sanctions Campaign Against South Africa, 1946-1993
A former Senior Deputy Secretary of Information in Pretoria shows how U.S. economic and trade sanctions against South Africa brought about radical political change there. This insider history describes how commercial, cultural, and diplomatic punitive measures over almost 40 years transformed the social and political system of the nation and brought about the demise of apartheid policies and the elections of 1994. This lively, timely, and thought-providing account, easy-to-read and well-written, will interest students, teachers, and general readers concerned with international affairs, global economic relations, and world history.

As a participant in the events in South Africa, de Villiers uses a wide range of primary and secondary sources and oral testimony in his critical examination of the efforts of various anti-apartheid and prosanctions groups and shows how devastating formal and informal measures can be. He provides a perspective also for understanding the new bilateral relationship between South Africa and the United States today and the effectiveness of sanctions as a foreign policy tool. This lively, timely, and thought-providing account, easy-to-read and well-written, will interest students, teachers, public policymakers, businessmen, and general readers concerned with international affairs, global economic relations, and world history.

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In Sight of Surrender: The U.S. Sanctions Campaign Against South Africa, 1946-1993
A former Senior Deputy Secretary of Information in Pretoria shows how U.S. economic and trade sanctions against South Africa brought about radical political change there. This insider history describes how commercial, cultural, and diplomatic punitive measures over almost 40 years transformed the social and political system of the nation and brought about the demise of apartheid policies and the elections of 1994. This lively, timely, and thought-providing account, easy-to-read and well-written, will interest students, teachers, and general readers concerned with international affairs, global economic relations, and world history.

As a participant in the events in South Africa, de Villiers uses a wide range of primary and secondary sources and oral testimony in his critical examination of the efforts of various anti-apartheid and prosanctions groups and shows how devastating formal and informal measures can be. He provides a perspective also for understanding the new bilateral relationship between South Africa and the United States today and the effectiveness of sanctions as a foreign policy tool. This lively, timely, and thought-providing account, easy-to-read and well-written, will interest students, teachers, public policymakers, businessmen, and general readers concerned with international affairs, global economic relations, and world history.

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In Sight of Surrender: The U.S. Sanctions Campaign Against South Africa, 1946-1993

In Sight of Surrender: The U.S. Sanctions Campaign Against South Africa, 1946-1993

by Les de Villiers
In Sight of Surrender: The U.S. Sanctions Campaign Against South Africa, 1946-1993

In Sight of Surrender: The U.S. Sanctions Campaign Against South Africa, 1946-1993

by Les de Villiers

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A former Senior Deputy Secretary of Information in Pretoria shows how U.S. economic and trade sanctions against South Africa brought about radical political change there. This insider history describes how commercial, cultural, and diplomatic punitive measures over almost 40 years transformed the social and political system of the nation and brought about the demise of apartheid policies and the elections of 1994. This lively, timely, and thought-providing account, easy-to-read and well-written, will interest students, teachers, and general readers concerned with international affairs, global economic relations, and world history.

As a participant in the events in South Africa, de Villiers uses a wide range of primary and secondary sources and oral testimony in his critical examination of the efforts of various anti-apartheid and prosanctions groups and shows how devastating formal and informal measures can be. He provides a perspective also for understanding the new bilateral relationship between South Africa and the United States today and the effectiveness of sanctions as a foreign policy tool. This lively, timely, and thought-providing account, easy-to-read and well-written, will interest students, teachers, public policymakers, businessmen, and general readers concerned with international affairs, global economic relations, and world history.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275949822
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 01/30/1995
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

LES de VILLIERS spent 10 years in the United States and Canada as a senior South African diplomat before becoming Senior Deputy Secretary of Information in Pretoria. Today, as a consultant in the U.S., his writings on business and international relations appear in newspapers and business and academic periodicals. He is a featured speaker and participant in radio and TV discussions.

Table of Contents

Preface
Mobilizing the World's Conscience
Caution, Compromise and Muddle
Disengagement
The Tar Baby Option
The Threat of Sanctions
Constructive Engagement
Storm Clouds
Rubicon
Congress Strikes Out
The End of Quiet Diplomacy
The Sanctions of the Markets
Erecting Barriers
Rubicon Revisited
Irreversible Change
The Time Has Come
Conclusion
Sources

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