The Tar Baby Option: American Policy toward Southern Rhodesia"No area of the world has been viewed by Americans with greater moral disapproval and yet less attention than southern Africa," writes Anthony Lake in the introduction to The "Tar Baby" Option. Feeling that there is much to be learned from an examination of the American response to the Rhodesian problem, he offers a detailed account of America's Southern Rhodesia policy since the Smith government's unilateral declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1965. The book provides information essential to an understanding of the American approach to the current crisis in the region. The author's use of previously undisclosed materials and interviews with U.S. foreign policymakers gives the reader an inside look not only at the Rhodesian question but also at the politics of American foreign policy. |
Contents
The International | 35 |
The Necessity | 60 |
The Shift in Approach 196970 | 123 |
Assorted Activities Violating | 158 |
The Byrd Amendment | 198 |
The Consequences of the Byrd | 239 |
To Repeal a Policy | 270 |
United Nations Resolutions | 287 |
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