The Making of Zimbabwe: Decolonization in Regional and International Politics [Hardcover]

Introduction; Chapter 1 From the Lisbon Coup to the Crossroad Speech: the Failure of Domestic Accommodation, AprilOctober 1974; Chapter 2 From Crossroad Speech to Lusaka: Regional Initiatives and Domestic Responses OctoberDecember 1974; Chapter 3 From Lusaka to Victoria Falls Bridge: the Limits of Regional Patronage December 1974  August 1975; Chapter 4 An Internal Interlude: the Failure of the NkomoSmith Negotiations September 1975  March 1976; Chapter 5 Rhodesia between Guerilla War and Super-power Diplomacy, MarchSeptember 1976; Chapter 6 The Lions Peep: Britains Geneva Interlude, October 1976  January 1977; Chapter 7 From International to Internal Settlement, February 1977  March 1978; Chapter 8 From Salisbury to Lancaster House: the Failure of the Internal Settlement, March 1978  August 1979; Chapter 9 Lancaster House Conference  a Victory for Diplomacy at Last;M. Tamarkin Tel Aviv University, IsraelFirst published in 1990. This volume is essentially a study in decolonization. The approach of the author is of a conflict resolution process taken from the perspective of 1974 as the chosen point. Following the decolonization of the Portuguese colonial empire, the uniqueness of the decolonization of Rhodesia became more apparent and the conflict began to realize its full potential. The author has taken three analytical concepts- the goals' continuum, the strategic options' continuum and the interaction within and between the three levels of the conflict system.USCopyright ? 1990 M. Tamarkin