HERMANN GILIOMEE extraordinary Professor of History at the University of Stellenbosch, has written or edited thirteen books, including the Shaping of South African Society; From Apartheid to Nation-Building; The Elusive Search for Peace: South Africa, Israel and Northern Ireland; and The Awkward Embrace: One Party Domination and Democracy in Industrialising Countries. He has been a regular columnist in South African newspapers for the past twenty years, and is the leading authority on Afrikaner history.
A book to welcome ... it includes an account of the origins and
demise of apartheid that must rank as the most sober, objective and
comprehensive we have.
*J. M. Coetzee, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature*
Magisterial... The strength of the book lies in [Giliomee's]
distillation of a lifetime's research and reflection into a single
prodigious volume.
*The Economist*
This crowning work by one of South Africa's most prominent social
scientists is likely to become a baseline for interpreting
Afrikaner history for a long time to come.
*Foreign Affairs*
There can be no more experienced or honest guide than Hermann
Giliomee.
*Charles Van Onselen, winner of the Alan Paton Award*
For anyone wanting to understand the fascinating history of this
people, continuously facing the existential question of survival
for 350 years, this is and will remain the indispensable work.
*R.W. Johnson, The Sunday Times*
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