Race and diplomacy in Zimbabwe : the Cold War and decolonization,1960-1984 / Timothy Lewis Scarnecchia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scarnecchia, Timothy, author.

Series:

African studies series ; 157.

African studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decolonization--Zimbabwe.

Decolonization.

Cold War.

Race relations.

History.

Autonomy and independence movements.

Zimbabwe--History--1965-1980.

Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe--History--1980-.

Zimbabwe--Foreign relations--1965-1980.

International relations.

Zimbabwe--Foreign relations--1980-.

Zimbabwe--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Zimbabwe--Race relations--History--20th century.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 345 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"This book examines the archival evidence related to the negotiations around Zimbabwe's decolonialization. The argument concerns the preoccupation with race as the primary way decolonization was negotiated. The first two chapters contextualize how the white settler states of Southern Africa, next two chapters detail the sudden shift in Cold War thinking about Rhodesia caused by the decolonization of Angola and Mozambique in 1975, including US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's negotiations with Front Line State Presidents and South Africans. The Geneva Conference in late 1976 is explored, with attention to the ability of Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo to take advantage of Kissinger's diplomacy. The next chapters look at attempts by the British, Zambians, and Nigerians to negotiate a transfer of power from Ian Smith to the PF. It would take another two years for the British to oversee a transfer of power to Mugabe's ZANU party in April 1980. The final two chapters examine the fallout between Mugabe and Nkomo in the early 1980s, arguing that obsessions with race and ethnic conflict in earlier negotiations enabled the Americans and British to provide Mugabe Cold War cover for state crimes committed against Nkomo's supporters in the Matabeleland and Midland provinces"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Historical background : 1960 to 1970

The early 1970s

Liberation struggles in Southern Africa, 1975-1976

'We don't give a damn about Rhodesia' : the Geneva talks 1976

Negotiating independence 1977-1978

Negotiating independently, 1978

The big gamble : the transition and pre-election period

1980 elections and the first years of independence

Gukurahundi and Zimbabwe's place in the 1980s Cold War.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Scarnecchia, Timothy. Race and diplomacy in Zimbabwe

ISBN:

9781316511794

1316511790

9781009054614

1009054619

OCLC:

1258042171