‘We must analyse where our national interest lies and not worry too much about other people’s domestic policies’ : Richard M. Nixon and apartheid South Africa in the early 1970s

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dc.contributor.author Michel, Eddie
dc.date.accessioned 2024-01-19T14:28:18Z
dc.date.available 2024-01-19T14:28:18Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.description.abstract This article explores the pragmatic stance that the United States adopted, during the Nixon era, regarding relations with Pretoria. The Nixon administration believed that Washington needed to prioritise the protection of its own strategic and commercial interests and not become overly concerned about the domestic agenda of its global partners. The vehement anti-communism of the National Party government combined with a profitable economic relationship and the abundant mineral resources of the apartheid state dictated a need on practical grounds for closer ties with South Africa. This stance was further reinforced by Nixon’s contempt for sub-Saharan Africans and lack of interest in achieving racial justice. en_US
dc.description.department Historical and Heritage Studies en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg None en_US
dc.description.uri https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rshj20 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Eddie Michel (2022) ‘We Must Analyse Where Our National Interest Lies and not Worry too Much about Other People’s Domestic Policies’: Richard M. Nixon and Apartheid South Africa in the Early 1970s, South African Historical Journal, 74:4, 619-644, DOI: 10.1080/02582473.2023.2266593. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0258-2473 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1726-1686 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1080/02582473.2023.2266593
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94031
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Routledge en_US
dc.rights © 2023 Southern African Historical Society. This is an electronic version of an article published in South African Historical Journal, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 619-644, 2022, DOI: 10.1080/02582473.2023.2266593. South African Historical Journal is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rshj20. en_US
dc.subject Richard Nixon en_US
dc.subject United States (US) en_US
dc.subject US foreign policy en_US
dc.subject US history en_US
dc.subject South Africa (SA) en_US
dc.subject Cold War en_US
dc.subject Economic history en_US
dc.subject Race relations en_US
dc.title ‘We must analyse where our national interest lies and not worry too much about other people’s domestic policies’ : Richard M. Nixon and apartheid South Africa in the early 1970s en_US
dc.type Postprint Article en_US


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