The last Afrikaner leaders : a supreme test of power /

Giliomee, Hermann, 1938-

The last Afrikaner leaders : a supreme test of power / Hermann Giliomee. - Cape Town : Tafelberg, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (447 pages, 8. pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits

Also available in Afrikaans: Die laaste Afrikaner leiers.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Respected historian Hermann Giliomee takes a fresh, incisive look at the five last Afrikaner leaders - and how and why their best laid plans went tragically and horrifically wrong.Interviews with ageing former leaders have brought much new information to light. Unexpected and gripping, with new insights on the inner workings of the apartheid era.



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National Party (South Africa)--History--20th century.


Politicians--South Africa--20th century.
Apartheid--South Africa--20th century.
Power (Social sciences)--South Africa.
South Africa - Race relations - 20th century - Political aspects - History.


Electronic Books.

JQ1998 / .L378 2012