The "Tar Baby" Option

American Policy toward Southern Rhodesia

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ID11725606
AuthorsAndrew DeRoche (corresponding author)
Year2017
Publication date2017-10-02
Open AccessNo
TypeDATASET
VenueThe SHAFR Guide Online (REPOSITORY)
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_sim230130175
OpenAlexW2101010398
LanguageEN
Citations received11

No area of the world has been viewed by Americans with greater moral disapproval and yet less attention than southern Africa, writes Anthony Lake in the introduction to The Tar Baby Option. Feeling that there is much to be learned from an examination of the American response to the Rhodesian problem, he offers a detailed account of America's Southern Rhodesia policy since the Smith government's unilateral declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1965. The book provides information essential to an understanding of the American approach to the current crisis in the region. The author's use of previously undisclosed materials and interviews with U.S. foreign policymakers gives the reader an inside look not only at the Rhodesian question but also at the politics of American foreign policy

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