South Africa's Foreign Policy: The Search for Status and Security, 1945-1988 - Paperback

by James Barber (Author), John Barratt (Author), Steve Smith (Editor)

This book was originally published in 1990, as part of the Cambridge Studies in International Relations series, a joint initiative of Cambridge University Press and the British International Studies Association (BISA). In a far-reaching and fascinating study of foreign policy in South Africa, Barber and Barratt begin by looking at the post-war challenges faced by the government of South Africa, and the effect that the establishment of apartheid also had on foreign policy. Their study then goes on to explore the effects that Sharpeville, and the repercussions of various periods of success and upheaval, had on South African international relations up until the late 1980s. This exceptionally thorough study of South African foreign policy and the factors influencing its formation will be of interest to scholars of South Africa in particular, and international relations and policy making in general.

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This is the first book to offer a comprehensive and authoritative account of South Africa's foreign policy since 1945. The authors critically examine the country's foreign policy against the background of increasingly disturbed domestic political relations and demonstrate how the Pretoria government has persistently sought to combine national security with status within the international community.