PREFACE
TO
THE
THIRD
EDITION
This edition contains two new chapters: a study of the complex politi-
cal transition process in light of substantial new evidence and an original
account of the new South Africa under President Nelson Mandela and his
successor,Thabo Mbeki.
Once again I am deeply grateful to Lynn Berat for her knowledge and
insights, her careful reading of drafts of the new chapters, and her skills in
taming my extremely ill-behaved computer; also to Charles Grench, for-
mer editor in chief of YaleUniversity Press, Laura Jones Dooley, associate
managing editor, and Ali Peterson, reprints editor, for their friendship and
professional skills.
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