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Mandela's World: The International Dimension of South Africa's Political Revolution 1990-1999

James Barber. Mandela's World: The International Dimension of South Africa's Political Revolution 1990-1999. Athens: Ohio University Press/Oxford: James Currey Ltd., 2004. viii + 214 pp. References. Index. $44.95. Cloth. $29.95. Paper.

Many observers predicted an apocalyptic end of white rule in South Africa. Instead, in the post-Cold War world bogged down in a labyrinth of civil wars and chaos, the Caesarian birth of a democratic South Africa came as "a beacon of light" (85). It is hardly surprising, therefore, that South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy has spawned a growing body of scholarship. James Barber's book is a welcome addition to it.

Despite the title, Mandela's ...

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