Apartheid's Reluctant Uncle: The United States and Southern Africa in the Early Cold War

by Thomas Borstelmann

Book Overview

In 1948, civil rights for black Americans stood higher on the national political agenda than at any time since Reconstruction. President Harry Truman issued orders for fair employment and the integration of the armed forces, and he proceeded to campaign on a platform that included an unprecedented civil rights plank, pushed through the Democratic convention by Hubert Humphrey. But on the other side of the globe, his administration paid close attention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195079426
• ISBN13: 9780195079425
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"