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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses , Robert McNamaraPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2018 Weight: 0.557kg ISBN: 9781349686063ISBN 10: 1349686069 Pages: 401 Publication Date: 13 March 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- PART I. Whites States of Emergency.- Chapter 2. Defying the Wind of Change.- Chapter 3. Rhodesia: Rise of the Rebel State.- Chapter 4. Portuguese Africa: Rebellion and Resilience.- PART II The Rise and Fall of an Unholy Alliance.- Chapter 5. Building the White Redoubt.- Chapter 6. Brothers-in-Arms: ALCORA in Action.- Chapter 7. First to Fall: Portugal from Coup to Revolution.- PART III Towards a Constellation of One.- Chapter 8. Decolonization and Détente in Southern Africa: Mozambique and Rhodesia, 1974-1975.- Chapter 9. Debacle and Détente Redux: South Africa in Angola and Rhodesia, 1975-1977.- Chapter 10. P.W. Botha, Total Strategy, and the life and death of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.- Chapter 11. Conclusion.Reviews“The White Redoubt, the Great Powers and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1960–1980 makes for an informative read from start to finish, and is a welcome addition to the historiography of the broader war for Southern Africa. … Their book thus comes highly recommended, and can be considered for inclusion in university course material … .” (Evert Kleynhans, Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol. 51 (2), 2023) “De Meneses and McNamara effectively provide the first rigorous study of regional state relations in Southern Africa between 1960 and 1980 … This book constitutes a very impressive feat of archival excavation. … a very important addition to the literature on Southern African decolonization and wars of liberation.” (Matthew J. Lord, Civil Wars, March, 28, 2019) De Meneses and McNamara effectively provide the first rigorous study of regional state relations in Southern Africa between 1960 and 1980 ... This book constitutes a very impressive feat of archival excavation. ... a very important addition to the literature on Southern African decolonization and wars of liberation. (Matthew J. Lord, Civil Wars, March, 28, 2019) “The White Redoubt, the Great Powers and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1960–1980 makes for an informative read from start to finish, and is a welcome addition to the historiography of the broader war for Southern Africa. … Their book thus comes highly recommended, and can be considered for inclusion in university course material … .” (Evert Kleynhans, Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol. 51 (2), 2023) “De Meneses and McNamara effectively provide the first rigorous study of regional state relations in Southern Africa between 1960 and 1980 … This book constitutes a very impressive feat of archival excavation. … a very important addition to the literature on Southern African decolonization and wars of liberation.” (Matthew J.Lord, Civil Wars, March, 28, 2019) Author InformationFilipe Ribeiro de Meneses is Professor of History at Maynooth University, Ireland. He is the author, among other works, of Portugal 1914-1926: From the First World War to Military Dictatorship (2004), Salazar: A Political Biography (2009) and Afonso Costa: Portugal (2010). Robert McNamara is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Ulster, UK. He is the author of Britain, Nasser and the Balance of Power in the Middle East (2003), The Hashemites: The Dream of Arabia, and as editor, The Churchills in Ireland (2010). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |