The Last Afrikaner Leaders: A Supreme Test of Power - Reconsiderations in Southern African History

In his latest book, renowned historian Hermann Giliomee challenges the conventional wisdom on the downfall of white rule and the end of apartheid. Instead of impersonal forces, or the resourcefulness of an indomitable resistance movement, he emphasises the role of Nationalist leaders and of their outspoken critic, Frederick van Zyl Slabbert.