This book addressees the question of why the decolonization of Namibia was delayed from 1966 to 1989, the period of the war of independence, pitting the Namibian nationalists against the South African minority-ruled regime. The question is approached in terms of the diplomatic, economic, and military campaigns of the Namibian and South African protagonists. Such a framework facilitates comparison with several other decolonization wars that are referred to in the text. In addition, the book examines the aftermath of that war in Namibia in terms of the diplomatic, economic, and military changes in the newly independent nation. It draws upon data from the parliamentary debates of Namibia to document several facets of such post-independence changes in these three sectors. The format of the book also focuses on six particular questions, the answers to which provide a basis for further investigations of the decolonization process, particularly within the context of the African, comparative, and international subfields of political science.