An insider's account of the negotiations which ended the Rhodesia conflict and of the British role in South Africa in the period leading up to the release of Nelson Mandela.Preface - PART 1 - The Rhodesia Settlement - A Change of Government - Lusaka - Lancaster House - Brinkmanship - Negotiation - Agreement - A British Governor - The Ceasefire - Tension - Transition - Independence - PART 2 - The Afrikaners - Repression - Namibia - De Klerk - Mandela - Index