Abstract
There is an inherent ambivalence in the term ‘Afrikaner’: a European who springs from the soil of Africa. This same ambivalence is evident in the Afrikaner leaders’ split image of South Africa’s national identity. Their perception of South Africa as uniquely both European and African has exerted a strong influence on foreign policy initiatives over the past 40 years.
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Cited in J.E. Spence, Republic Under Pressure (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1965), p. 70.
B.M. Schoeman, Van Malan tot Verwoerd (Cape Town: Dagbreekpers, 1973), Ch. 9.
Harold M. Glass, South African Policy toward Basutoland (Johannesburg: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), occasional paper, 1966).
Sam C. Nolutshungu, South Africa in Africa: A Study of Ideology and Foreign Policy (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1975), p. 46.
Robert S. Jaster, South Africa’s Narrowing Security Options, Adelphi Paper No. 159 (London: IISS, Spring 1980), pp. 7, 14.
See Richard Bissell, ‘South Atlantic — New Zone of Strategic Concern?’, The South Africa Foundation News (August 1981), p. 2.
Christopher Coker, South Africa’s Security Dilemmas, Washington Paper No. 126 (Washington, DC: CSIS, 1987), Ch. 5.
Also see Richard Leonard, South Africa At War (Craighall: Ad. Donker, 1983), Ch. 5.
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Jaster, R.S. (1989). Perceptions of South Africa’s International Role. In: The Defence of White Power. Studies in International Security. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19601-2_2
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