Publication

2000 - David Philip, Cape Town

Language

English

Word Count

92,750 words, Guess

Page Count

371 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • LibraryThing957466

Classifications

  • DDC986.06/3
  • LCCDT1963 .S44 2000

Description

"This is the first major study of an organisation that transformed South African politics in the 1980s. By co-ordinating popular struggles on the ground and promoting the standing of the African National Congress, the UDF played a central role in the demise of apartheid and paved the way for South Africa's emergence as a democracy. Based on extensive documentary and interview sources, this book traces the UDF's birth, career and dissolution. It is a tale of strategic and tactical decision-making: of how opponents of apartheid made choices that helped to seal the fate of white domination whilst avoiding the general bloodbath that always threatened."--Jacket.

Subjects

Topics

South africaPolitics and governmentUnited Democratic FrontSelf-determination, NationalNational liberation movementsSouth africa, politics and governmentUnited Democratic Front (South Africa)

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Times

Other Editions

  • The UDF: a history of the United Democratic Front in South Africa, 1983-1991David Philip2000-01-01

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