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“The Art of the Possible”: Churchill, South Africa, and Apartheid (Part 2)

Jun

2020

By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH

Churchill’s commitment to human rights ran deeper than we may imagine. It was still in evidence with regard to Apartheid South Africa as late as 1954.

Posted in: Churchill and Africa, Churchill and Asia, Truths and Heresies,

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“The Art of the Possible”: Churchill, South Africa, and Apartheid (1)

Jun

2020

By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH

Rather than advancing segregation in South Africa, Churchill strove hard for justice, arrayed against the broad prejudices of his time. Part 1: 1902-09

Posted in: Churchill and Africa, Truths and Heresies,

Tags: Apartheid, Arthur Balfour, Boer War, Botswana, Cape Colony, Cape Coloureds, Cecil Rhodes, East Africa Protectorate, Eswatini, Henry Campbell Bannerman, Ian Hamilton, Jan Smuts, Joseph Chamberlain, Lesotho, Lord Elgin, Lord Milner, Lord Selborne, Louis Botha, Martin Gilbert, Mohandas Gandhi, Natal, Orange Free State, Randolph S. Churchill, Responsible Government, South Africa, Winston S. Churchill, Zululand,

Churchill’s Confidant: Enemy to Lifelong Friend, by Richard Steyn

Jun

2019

By TERRY REARDON

Among many close personal friendships that Churchill enjoyed in political and military life, one of the more unlikely was with a former foe, the South African statesman Jan Christian Smuts. Richard Steyn has offered a plethora of new information and insights in a readable account of this important friendship.

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