PARTNER TO HISTORY
The U.S. Role in South Africa's Transition to Democracy
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978-1-929223-36-7
USIP Press Books
May 2002
384 pp.
, 6" x 9"
A remarkable book about a remarkable time, Partner to History reveals the role played by U.S. diplomacy in South Africa's surprisingly successful transition from apartheid to democracy. Princeton Lyman, the U.S. ambassador during the transition, makes clear that America didn't "own" the transition process-the South Africans did. But U.S. involvement was active and intense. And it made a difference.
Lyman tells an enthralling story of how Washington policymakers and the American embassy used U.S. influence, economic assistance, and political support to help end apartheid without sparking civil war. The book offers candid assessments both of U.S. policy deliberations and of the leading players in the unfolding, unpredictable drama. It takes us behind the diplomatic scenes as well as onto the public stage, as American diplomats strove to facilitate dialogue, encourage reconciliation, and dissuade potential spoilers.
Princeton N. Lyman was U.S. ambassador to South Africa from 1992 through 1995. Previously, he served as ambassador to Nigeria and assistant secretary of state for international affairs. A senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace in 1999-2000, he is currently executive director, Global Interdependence Initiative, Aspen Institute.
Contents
Who Owns This Negotiation?
Apartheid
Passion, Passivity, and Pragmatism: The American R
The Wind Shifts
From Mediation to Facilitation
Lending Weight to the Process
The Buthelezi Dilemma
Looking Left and Right
Denouement
A New Dawn
And a New Relationship
Lessons Learned-and Relearned
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