Namibias Liberation Struggle: The Two-Edged Sword

Colin Leys,John S. Saul

Namibias Liberation Struggle: The Two-Edged Sword
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Country
United States
Published
1 March 1995
Pages
300
ISBN
9780821411049

Namibias Liberation Struggle: The Two-Edged Sword

Colin Leys,John S. Saul

It took twenty-three years of armed struggle before Namibia could gain its independence from South Africa in March 199. Swapo’s victory was remarkable in the face of an overwhelmingly superior enemy. How this came about, and at what cost, is the subject of this outstanding study that is based on unpublished documents and extensive interviews with a large range of the key activists in the struggle. The story that emerges is one of endurance and heroism in face of atrocious brutality on the part of the colonialists. But it reveals that it was also one of painful compromises imposed by the conditions of the struggle and the subordination of internal democracy within the liberation movement to the single goal of military and diplomatic victory. The study will be of keen interest to everyone concerned with southern Africa. Students of armed liberation struggle generally will find much to challenge received wisdom. The sheer human interest of the interviews makes the book attractive to a wide readership.

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