Segregation has fallen on evil days: Smuts' South Africa, global war, and transnational politics, 193946

Journal of Global History

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 438-460

  Hyslop, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

decolonization; Jan Smuts; Second World War; South Africa; United Nations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867804881     PISSN: 17400228     EISSN: 17400236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1740022812000277     Document Type: Article

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