Buy this book on-line Heiberg, Jacobus Petrus : Dr. A.L. Geyer as Suid-Afrika se Hoë Kommissaris in die Verenigde Koninkryk (1950 - 1954)(Stellenbosch: PhD thesis [University of Stellenbosch] in unpublished form, 2001)
Author's signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper. Folio; original red rexine, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. xvi + 496; plates. Archival tape strengthening to lower hinge. Near fine condition. Afrikaans text, with English abstract. "Dr. A.L. Geyer's appointment in June 1950 as the Union's new High Commissioner to London was largely due to the political objectives of the then government. He was confronted by a number of related challenges, i.e. the furthering of the existing multifaceted South-African-British relations, the promotion of the apartheid policy and convincing the Union's critics as to the merits of the above policy. Geyer, a loyal Afrikaner and staunch republican, experienced soon after arrival that the policy of apartheid and the Union Government's insistence on the transfer of the High Commission territories were placing the existing diplomatic relations under considerable strain. To Geyer's frustration the Union Government failed to realise that the application of the apartheid policy was affecting South Africa's foreign relations detrimentally. ... Geyer did not differ fundamentally with the principles and objectives of apartheid; however, he was no stereotyped Afrikaner who simply supported apartheid without any questioning. ... Geyer continuously emphasised that only visible and positive results emanating from the application of apartheid would guarantee the acceptance of the policy and also secure the future of the white population in South Africa. Geyer was therefore very critical of the government's inability to give meaningful content to the policy of apartheid. Geyer's biggest personal disappointment was the inability of his mentor and friend, Dr. D.F. Malan, to rise above the role of the party politician in becoming a competent Minister of Foreign Affairs and as Prime Minister, a statesman of international stature." Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Heiberg, Jacobus Petrus : Dr. A.L. Geyer as Suid-Afrika se Hoë Kommissaris in die Verenigde Koninkryk (1950 - 1954). Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, libri rari, rare books, out-of-print books and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |