Research Catalog

Title

The Namibian War of Independence, 1966-1989 : diplomatic, economic and military campaigns / Richard Dale.

Author

Dale, Richard, 1932-

Publication

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description

xiv, 202 pages : maps; 26 cm

Summary

"This book describes the diplomatic, economic and military campaigns of the Namibian and South African belligerents and draws a comparison with several other decolonization wars. Using data from parliamentary debates, the aftermath of the Namibian war is examined in terms of the diplomatic, economic and military changes in the newly independent nation"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• 1946 - 1990
• Decolonization > Namibia
• Decolonization
• Political science
• Namibia > History > 1946-1990
• Namibia > Autonomy and independence movements
• Namibia > Politics and government > 1946-1990
• Namibia

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-193) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I: The diplomatic campaigns -- The diplomacy of resistance -- The diplomacy of controlled change -- Part II: The economic campaigns -- Waging economic warfare -- No easy target -- Part III: The military campaigns -- The war for the colonial spoils -- South Africa's bush war -- Part IV: The residue of the campaigns -- The art of bending -- Conclusions.

ISBN

• 9780786496594 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 0786496592 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 9781476618074 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2014037037

OCLC

882191795

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library