DICKSON A. MUNGAZI is Regent's Professor of History at the Center for Excellence in Education at Northern Arizona University. He is the author of numerous books on African political history and education, including The Mind of Black Africa (Praeger, 1996), and Educational Reform and the Transformation of Southern Africa, coauthored with L. Kay Walker (Praeger, 1997).

• PrefaceIntroductionBeginnings of the Laager: F. W. de Klerk in the Context of Political Leadership in South AfricaOrigins of the Laager: Ian D. Smith in the Context of Political Leadership in Colonial ZimbabweCracks in the Laager: The Fall of Pieter W. Botha and the Rise of F. W. de KlerkChasms in the Laager: The Fall of Edgar Whitehead and the Rise of Ian D. SmithF. W. de Klerk: The Man and His MissionIan D. Smith, the RF Policy, and Conflict from Efforts to Defend the LaagerF. W. de Klerk and the ANC: A Meeting of the MindsDe Klerk and Smith as Last Defenders of the Laager: Summary, Conclusion, and ImplicationsSelected BibliographyIndex

DICKSON A. MUNGAZI is Regent's Professor of History at the Center for Excellence in Education at Northern Arizona University. He is the author of numerous books on African political history and education, including The Mind of Black Africa (Praeger, 1996), and Educational Reform and the Transformation of Southern Africa, coauthored with L. Kay Walker (Praeger, 1997).

• PrefaceIntroductionBeginnings of the Laager: F. W. de Klerk in the Context of Political Leadership in South AfricaOrigins of the Laager: Ian D. Smith in the Context of Political Leadership in Colonial ZimbabweCracks in the Laager: The Fall of Pieter W. Botha and the Rise of F. W. de KlerkChasms in the Laager: The Fall of Edgar Whitehead and the Rise of Ian D. SmithF. W. de Klerk: The Man and His MissionIan D. Smith, the RF Policy, and Conflict from Efforts to Defend the LaagerF. W. de Klerk and the ANC: A Meeting of the MindsDe Klerk and Smith as Last Defenders of the Laager: Summary, Conclusion, and ImplicationsSelected BibliographyIndex

DICKSON A. MUNGAZI is Regent's Professor of History at the Center for Excellence in Education at Northern Arizona University. He is the author of numerous books on African political history and education, including The Mind of Black Africa (Praeger, 1996), and Educational Reform and the Transformation of Southern Africa, coauthored with L. Kay Walker (Praeger, 1997).

• PrefaceIntroductionBeginnings of the Laager: F. W. de Klerk in the Context of Political Leadership in South AfricaOrigins of the Laager: Ian D. Smith in the Context of Political Leadership in Colonial ZimbabweCracks in the Laager: The Fall of Pieter W. Botha and the Rise of F. W. de KlerkChasms in the Laager: The Fall of Edgar Whitehead and the Rise of Ian D. SmithF. W. de Klerk: The Man and His MissionIan D. Smith, the RF Policy, and Conflict from Efforts to Defend the LaagerF. W. de Klerk and the ANC: A Meeting of the MindsDe Klerk and Smith as Last Defenders of the Laager: Summary, Conclusion, and ImplicationsSelected BibliographyIndex