Flashpoint: How a Little-Known Sporting Event Fueled America's Anti-Apartheid Movement

by Derek Charles Catsam

Book Overview

This book provides a unique perspective on the anti-apartheid movement in the United States through its examination of a little-remembered rugby tour across the country by South Africa's national team. The tour became a flashpoint for the nation's burgeoning protests against apartheid and a test of national values and American foreign policy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538144697
• ISBN13: 9781538144695
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"