The Lion and the Springbok

Informationen zum Autor Ronald Hyam is Emeritus Reader in British Imperial History, University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Fellow, Magdalene College, Cambridge. Klappentext This book traces British and South African relations from the Boer War to the present. Zusammenfassung This book traces the volatile relationship of Britain and South Africa from war in 18991902 to South Africa's return to the Commonwealth, post-apartheid, in 1994. This is an important contribution to the history of South Africa, British imperial history and twentieth-century international relations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Frontispiece; List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. The uneasy special relationship: dynamics and divergencies; 2. Breakdown: into war, 1895? 3. Post-war: the myth of magnanimity, 1905? 4. African interests and the South Africa Act, 1908?; 5. 'Greater South Africa': the struggle for the High Commission Territories, 1910?; 6. The economic dimension: South Africa and the sterling area, 1931?; 7. Britain, the United Nations and the 'South African disputes', 1946?; 8. The political consequences of Seretse Khama and Ruth, 1948?; 9. Containing Afrikanerdom: the geopolitical origins of the Central African Federation, 1948?; 10. Strategy and the transfer of Simon's Town, 1948?; 11. The parting of the ways: the departure of South Africa from the Commonwealth, 1951?; 12. Enfeebled lion? How South Africans viewed Britain, 1945?; 13. Springbok reviled: some British reactions to apartheid, 1948?; Epilogue: the relationship restored: the return of the new South Africa to the Commonwealth, 1994; Select bibliography; Index.

Klappentext
This book traces British and South African relations from the Boer War to the present.

Zusammenfassung
This book traces the volatile relationship of Britain and South Africa from war in 18991902 to South Africa's return to the Commonwealth, post-apartheid, in 1994. This is an important contribution to the history of South Africa, British imperial history and twentieth-century international relations.

Inhalt
Frontispiece; List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. The uneasy special relationship: dynamics and divergencies; 2. Breakdown: into war, 1895-9; 3. Post-war: the myth of magnanimity, 1905-7; 4. African interests and the South Africa Act, 1908-10; 5. 'Greater South Africa': the struggle for the High Commission Territories, 1910-61; 6. The economic dimension: South Africa and the sterling area, 1931-61; 7. Britain, the United Nations and the 'South African disputes', 1946-61; 8. The political consequences of Seretse Khama and Ruth, 1948-52; 9. Containing Afrikanerdom: the geopolitical origins of the Central African Federation, 1948-53; 10. Strategy and the transfer of Simon's Town, 1948-57; 11. The parting of the ways: the departure of South Africa from the Commonwealth, 1951-61; 12. Enfeebled lion? How South Africans viewed Britain, 1945-61; 13. Springbok reviled: some British reactions to apartheid, 1948-94; Epilogue: the relationship restored: the return of the new South Africa to the Commonwealth, 1994; Select bibliography; Index.

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