The Rise Of The South African Reich
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A landmark work of political history and investigative journalism, The Rise of the South African Reich chronicles the deep ideological and organizational ties between South Africa's National Party and the fascist movements of Nazi Germany and Mussolini's Italy. Brian Bunting meticulously uncovers how apartheid was not merely a system of racial segregation but a fully realized fascist state, drawing direct parallels between the machinery of Nazi oppression and the legislative architecture of white minority rule in South Africa. Written with unflinching moral clarity and backed by rigorous historical evidence, the work argues that the architects of apartheid were not simply racial conservatives but committed fascists who admired and emulated the Third Reich. Bunting details the roles of key Afrikaner nationalist organizations, such as the Ossewabrandwag and the Broederbond, in shaping a government built on authoritarian control, racial pseudoscience, and systematic brutality. First published in 1964 and long suppressed by the apartheid regime itself, this essential text remains one of the most powerful and damning indictments of South African apartheid ever committed to print.
Author: Brian Bunting
Format: Paperback
Published: 1964, Penguin Books
Genre: African history
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark work of political history and investigative journalism, The Rise of the South African Reich chronicles the deep ideological and organizational ties between South Africa's National Party and the fascist movements of Nazi Germany and Mussolini's Italy. Brian Bunting meticulously uncovers how apartheid was not merely a system of racial segregation but a fully realized fascist state, drawing direct parallels between the machinery of Nazi oppression and the legislative architecture of white minority rule in South Africa. Written with unflinching moral clarity and backed by rigorous historical evidence, the work argues that the architects of apartheid were not simply racial conservatives but committed fascists who admired and emulated the Third Reich. Bunting details the roles of key Afrikaner nationalist organizations, such as the Ossewabrandwag and the Broederbond, in shaping a government built on authoritarian control, racial pseudoscience, and systematic brutality. First published in 1964 and long suppressed by the apartheid regime itself, this essential text remains one of the most powerful and damning indictments of South African apartheid ever committed to print.