Hidden Lives, Hidden Death South Africa's Crippling of a Continent Brittain, Victoria

Faber and Faber
Year of publishing: 1988
Place of publishing: London
ISBN: 0571139078
Language: English
Series: First

Díky náhlému vzestupu násilí v Jihoafrické republice se apartheid a jeho důsledky dostaly na mezinárodní scénu. Ale pod pláštěm občanské války v Jihoafrické republice se skrývají mnohem zrádnější aktivity. Po více než deset let byly Angola a Mozambik vystaveny invazím, tajným akcím, ekonomické sabotáži, úkladným vraždám a dezinformacím, za kterými vždy stála Jihoafrická republika, která se snažila destabilizovat vlády těchto států a zničit tak jejich nezávislost. Reaganova administrace otevřeně podporovala tuto politiku – dodávala zbraně, školitele, finanční pomoc – zatímco se jiné Západní státy od této politiky distancovaly a pouze tiše schvalovaly tuto činnost. Nacionalismus, socialismus a anti-rasismus byly hrdými hesly nově nezávislé Jihoafrické republiky. Západ je jejím partnerem ve snahách pohřbít tuto hrdost. Autorka této knihy nabízí jak přehled této politiky, tak i série očitých svědectví.

The rising tide of violence inside South Africa has brought apartheid and its consequences on to the international agenda. But the cloak of civil war in South Africa provides a cover for far more treacherous activity. For more than a decade, Angola and Mozambique have been subjected to invasions, covert warfare, economic sabotage, assassinations and disinformations – all emanating from South Africa – as a part of a deliberate campaign to destabilize their governments and destroy their independence. The Reagan administration has openly backed this policy – supplying arms, training personnel, and providing financial aid – while South African’s western allies have distanced themselves from apartheid and tacitly endorsed its activities. Nationalism, socialism and anti-racism were the pride of the newly independent Southern Africa. The west is a partner in South Africa’s attempt to bury that pride in dusty rubble. Victoria Brittain provides both on overview and a series of eye-witness accounts. Africa and its people are brought vividly before us and a coherent, if horrifying, pattern is revealed in the superficial chaos and the bitter fruits of independence.

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