Constructive Engagement? Chester Crocker And American Policy In South Africa, Namibia And Angola 1981-8

摘要

As the title of this book suggests, Joanne Davies has produced an analysis of United States foreign policy towards southern Africa during the 1980s. The book focuses on how Chester Cocker, Reagan's Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, attempted to persuade the white minority government in Pretoria to reform its racial practices, whilst simultaneously addressing US Cold War concerns in the wider southern Africa region. Accordingly, the first part of the work evaluates 'constructive engagement' as it was conceived and applied with respect to apartheid, while the second half examines Crocker's ongoing negotiations linking Namibia's independence to the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola. A concluding chapter then proposes lessons that can be learnt from this case study, suggesting how future diplomatic strategies of'constructive engagement' should best be implemented.