The White Redoubt, the Great Powers and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1960–1980This work examines the attempt by the governments of Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa to defy the drive for African independence in the 1960s and 70s, and the international communitys response. From 1961 to 1974, Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa collaborated in the attempt to preserve white minority rule in their respective territories. Hard pressed by African nationalists, recently decolonized states, and many of the worlds Great Powers, they