The Lion and the Springbok Britain and South Africa since the Boer War [Paperback]

This book traces British and South African relations from the Boer War to the present.The first study of its kind, The Lion and the Springbok offers a unique account of the 'uneasy special relationship' between Britain and South Africa in all its political, economic, cultural, and geostrategic aspects. Starting with the bruising experience of the South African War, the authors trace the countries' deteriorating relationship through a series of crises to South Africa's departure from the Commonwealth in 1961 and subsequent return, post-apartheid, in 1994. This book is a ground-breaking contribution to the history of South Africa, British imperial history and twentieth-century international relations.The first study of its kind, The Lion and the Springbok offers a unique account of the 'uneasy special relationship' between Britain and South Africa in all its political, economic, cultural, and geostrategic aspects. Starting with the bruising experience of the South African War, the authors trace the countries' deteriorating relationship through a series of crises to South Africa's departure from the Commonwealth in 1961 and subsequent return, post-apartheid, in 1994. This book is a ground-breaking contribution to the history of South Africa, British imperial history and twentieth-century international relations.This unique account of the uneasy special relationship between Britain and South Africa surveys all political, economic, cultural, and geostrategic aspects. Starting from the bruising experience of the South African Boer War, Ronald Hyam and Peter Henshaw trace the countries' deteriorating relationship through a series of crises to South Africa's departure from the Commonwealth in 1961 and subsequent return, post-apartheid, in 1994.Frontispiece; List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. The uneasy special relationship: dynamics and divergencies; 2. Breakdown: into war, 18959; 3. Post-war: the myth of magnanimilS(