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THE WAS, THE IS AND THE MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

BILL NASSON
BILL NASSON
Affiliation:
University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Study
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South Africaapartheidbiographypolitics/political

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The Journal of African History , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , November 2008 , pp. 467 - 474
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Copyright © 2008 Cambridge University Press

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2 R. Kasrils, Armed and Dangerous: From Underground Struggle to Freedom (London, 1993).

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