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Book SynopsisTells the story of South Africa's shocking propaganda campaign which sold apartheid across the world
Trade Review'This is an important story that needed to be told about the apartheid government's global lobbying effort that tried to whitewash its reprehensible policy of racial separation' -- Eleanor Holmes Norton, US House of Representatives
'A major contribution to the scholarship on the apartheid era and the struggle for liberation in South Africa ... One cannot understand the South African freedom movement without understanding the issues that Nixon so effectively presents to the reader' -- Bill Fletcher Jr, former president of TransAfrica
'This is a tale of intrigue, rich characters and large chequebooks, played out in all the Western capitals' -- Anton Harber, Caxton Professor of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
'Meticulously unpacks the complex web of relationships and covert money flows that promoted South Africa's repressive policies. At a time of widening alarm over the onslaught of 'fake news', Nixon provides a disturbing exploration of the extreme lengths to which institutions can go to spread misinformation' -- Minneapolis Star Tribune
'Essential' -- Ron Jacobs, Counterpunch
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Apartheid Is Good for Blacks
2. In Defence of Apartheid
3. Taking the Offensive
4. Operation Blackwash
5. Muldergate
6. Constructive Engagement
7. Free South Africa
8. Stopping the Anti-Apartheid Movement
9. Sanctions Only Hurt Blacks
10. The Fixer
11. Operation Heartbreak
12. The Anti-Sanctions Videos
13. Apartheid's Man in Angola
14. Apartheid's Last Gasp
15. The End of Apartheid
Notes on Sources
Acknowledgements
Index
