David Tothill
Biographic Data
| ID | 5931187 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Tothill |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Tothill |
| SIGNATURE | TOTHILL D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Horse Designed by a Committee
South Africa’s Department of External Affairs was set up in 1927 to demonstrate the country’s political independence of the United Kingdom. It operated under various names until the white regime gave way to a democratically-elected government in 1994. Unlike its counterparts in Australia and Canada, which had long included in their structures sections of historians tasked to research those countries’ diplomatic history, the South African departme…
Evatt and Smuts in San Francisco
This article compares the Australian H. V. Evatt and the South African J. C. Smuts as their countries' foreign ministers at the time when the United Nations Charter was drafted. It shows that Smuts, long considered a statesman of international stature, was less adept at the game of international politics UN-style than Evatt, a relative neophyte on the world stage. Notes 1. P. M. C. Hasluck, Diplomatic Witness: Australian Foreign Affairs 1941 – 19…
Trying to Sell Apartheid to 1950s Australia
This article deals with an aspect of white South Africa’s efforts to promote itself as its international situation started deteriorating in the 1950s. The instrument on this occasion was an articulate 76-year-old English-born immigrant who had done well in South African politics, was grateful for the opportunities the country had given him, and ostensibly wanted to give something back. The article also provides a practical example of longtime Aus…
A Visit to New Zealand
The focus of this article is the author's end-of-career term as South African ambassador to Australia (1988–92) and, especially, the official visits he paid New Zealand during that time. Not only does the article show what one foreign service officer did in a given historical context, thereby helping address the age-old question of what it is exactly that diplomats do, but it reveals that public perceptions of diplomats and diplomacy can differ m…
In the belly of the beast
This article is a retrospective on the author' diplomatic career mainly up to the time of his first ambassadorial appointment in 1975. Besides detailing aspects of his career including the special circumstances of his first appointment, it reveals something of the nature of foreign service as an occupation. The white South African experience had points in common with that of other foreign services as well as points of difference. A major differen…
In Argentina at the time of the Falklands war
This article is a retrospective on the author's term as South African ambassador to Argentina from 1980 to 1984. The Falklands War occurred during his term and the article illuminates a critical period in Argentine history as seen by a diplomat on the spot, covering the fall of the military dictatorship and the restoration of democracy. Public perceptions of diplomats and diplomacy often differ markedly from the private reality. The new circumsta…
Early Australian–South African Connections up to the Establishment of Official Relations in 1945
(2000). Early Australian–South African Connections up to the Establishment of Official Relations in 1945. Australian Journal of International Affairs: Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 63-77
Confessions of a South African ambassador
Prepared originally for presentation at a biennial conference of the Australian Historical Association, this article is a retrospective on the author's term (1988–92) as South African Ambassador to Australia in the twilight of white rule. Apartheid South Africa was firmly fixed in Australian public demonology. The author conceived of it as his role to use the media to project a more realistic image of his country than the demonic stereotype then …
Early Australian–South African Connections up to the Establishment of Official Relations in 1945
(2000). Early Australian–South African Connections up to the Establishment of Official Relations in 1945. Australian Journal of International Affairs: Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 63-77
Evatt and Smuts in San Francisco
This article compares the Australian H. V. Evatt and the South African J. C. Smuts as their countries' foreign ministers at the time when the United Nations Charter was drafted. It shows that Smuts, long considered a statesman of international stature, was less adept at the game of international politics UN-style than Evatt, a relative neophyte on the world stage. Notes 1. P. M. C. Hasluck, Diplomatic Witness: Australian Foreign Affairs 1941 – 19…
Confessions of a South African ambassador
Prepared originally for presentation at a biennial conference of the Australian Historical Association, this article is a retrospective on the author's term (1988–92) as South African Ambassador to Australia in the twilight of white rule. Apartheid South Africa was firmly fixed in Australian public demonology. The author conceived of it as his role to use the media to project a more realistic image of his country than the demonic stereotype then …
Early Australian–South African Connections up to the Establishment of Official Relations in 1945
(2000). Early Australian–South African Connections up to the Establishment of Official Relations in 1945. Australian Journal of International Affairs: Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 63-77
Confessions of a South African ambassador
Prepared originally for presentation at a biennial conference of the Australian Historical Association, this article is a retrospective on the author's term (1988–92) as South African Ambassador to Australia in the twilight of white rule. Apartheid South Africa was firmly fixed in Australian public demonology. The author conceived of it as his role to use the media to project a more realistic image of his country than the demonic stereotype then …
In Argentina at the time of the Falklands war
This article is a retrospective on the author's term as South African ambassador to Argentina from 1980 to 1984. The Falklands War occurred during his term and the article illuminates a critical period in Argentine history as seen by a diplomat on the spot, covering the fall of the military dictatorship and the restoration of democracy. Public perceptions of diplomats and diplomacy often differ markedly from the private reality. The new circumsta…
In the belly of the beast
This article is a retrospective on the author' diplomatic career mainly up to the time of his first ambassadorial appointment in 1975. Besides detailing aspects of his career including the special circumstances of his first appointment, it reveals something of the nature of foreign service as an occupation. The white South African experience had points in common with that of other foreign services as well as points of difference. A major differen…
A Visit to New Zealand
The focus of this article is the author's end-of-career term as South African ambassador to Australia (1988–92) and, especially, the official visits he paid New Zealand during that time. Not only does the article show what one foreign service officer did in a given historical context, thereby helping address the age-old question of what it is exactly that diplomats do, but it reveals that public perceptions of diplomats and diplomacy can differ m…
Trying to Sell Apartheid to 1950s Australia
This article deals with an aspect of white South Africa’s efforts to promote itself as its international situation started deteriorating in the 1950s. The instrument on this occasion was an articulate 76-year-old English-born immigrant who had done well in South African politics, was grateful for the opportunities the country had given him, and ostensibly wanted to give something back. The article also provides a practical example of longtime Aus…
Evatt and Smuts in San Francisco
This article compares the Australian H. V. Evatt and the South African J. C. Smuts as their countries' foreign ministers at the time when the United Nations Charter was drafted. It shows that Smuts, long considered a statesman of international stature, was less adept at the game of international politics UN-style than Evatt, a relative neophyte on the world stage. Notes 1. P. M. C. Hasluck, Diplomatic Witness: Australian Foreign Affairs 1941 – 19…
A Horse Designed by a Committee
South Africa’s Department of External Affairs was set up in 1927 to demonstrate the country’s political independence of the United Kingdom. It operated under various names until the white regime gave way to a democratically-elected government in 1994. Unlike its counterparts in Australia and Canada, which had long included in their structures sections of historians tasked to research those countries’ diplomatic history, the South African departme…
Political science (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · History (5 works) · History (5 works) · Government (linguistics (4 works) · Australian History and Society (3 works) · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism (3 works) · Diplomacy (3 works)