{"product_id":"2026200015953-secondhand-south-africas-hostages-basutoland-bechuanaland-and-swaziland","title":"South Africa's Hostages: Basutoland, Bechuanaland, And Swaziland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the height of apartheid's iron grip on southern Africa, three small territories — Basutoland, Bechuanaland, and Swaziland — found themselves in a precarious position: nominally under British protection, yet economically and geographically strangled by the white-minority regime of South Africa. Jack Halpern's South Africa's Hostages presents a rigorous and unflinching account of these three High Commission Territories, detailing how their political futures, economic survival, and very sovereignty were held captive by the behemoth that surrounded them.\n\nHalpern, writing with the precision of a seasoned journalist and the moral clarity of a committed humanist, chronicles the complex web of colonial legacy, racial politics, and international indifference that shaped these nations on the eve of their independence. Published as part of the Penguin African Library — a series dedicated to bringing urgent African political realities to a broad readership — the work stands as a vital document of mid-twentieth-century African history, arguing persuasively that the fate of these territories was inseparable from the struggle against apartheid itself. For anyone seeking to understand how geography and politics conspire to make prisoners of nations, this work remains as provocative today as when it was first written.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203262259419,"sku":"2026200015953-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4d30b644-a96e-45d6-8c8e-fd8a27145763.png?v=1788146748","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015953-secondhand-south-africas-hostages-basutoland-bechuanaland-and-swaziland","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}