External mission : the ANC in exile, 1960-1990 / / Stephen Ellis

• Autore: Ellis Stephen <1953-2015, >
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1456 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.26808309045
• Soggetto topico: Anti-apartheid movements - South Africa - History; Government, Resistance to - South Africa - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: South Africa Politics and government 1948-1994
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter One Call to Arms; Resisting apartheid; Securing a mandate; The formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe; Preparing for war; Rivonia; Chapter Two The External Mission; Taking stock; Kongwa; Security networks; The Rhodesian campaign; The Hani memorandum; Chapter Three The Party Triumphant; Morogoro; The struggle continues; Dissidents; Factionalism; The frontline emerges; Chapter Four New Strategies; The ANC's strategy review; Pretoria's total strategy; Sanctions; Chapter Five The Grinding Stone ; Security, bureaucracy, ideologyCorruption; Shishita; Mkatashinga; Infiltration; Chapter Six War Among the People; The township risings; Kabwe; The new international context; Operation Vula; The security question; Chapter Seven Homecoming; Towards civil war; Crooks and spooks; Unbanning: the war's climax; Reconciliation of a special type; Chapter Eight Perspectives; Waging war; Interpreting the past; Explanations; Appendix: A Note on Method; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Footnote
• Sommario/riassunto: Nelson Mandela's release from prison in February 1990 was one of the most memorable moments of recent decades. It came a few days after the removal of the ban on the African National Congress; founded a century ago and outlawed in 1960, it had transferred its headquarters abroad and opened what it termed an External Mission. For the thirty years following its banning, the ANC had fought relentlessly against the apartheid state. Finally voted into office in 1994, the ANC today regards its armed struggle as the central plank of its legitimacy. External Mission is the first study of the ANC's per
• Titolo autorizzato: External mission
• ISBN: 0-19-936529-6; 1-306-26008-6; 0-19-936541-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792262603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II