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04627aam a2200541 i 4500 001 E1D8DBC0F50B11E7A6193F6E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180109010327 008 161230s2016 sa b 001 0beng d 010 $a 2016495013 020 $a 0620709057 020 $a 9780620709057 035 $a (OCoLC)965438511 040 $a OI@ $b eng $e rda $c OI@ $d DLC $d OCLCF $d OUN $d NUI $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a f-sa--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/f-sa 050 00 $a DT1927.D45 $b C36 2016 082 04 $a 968.092 $2 23 100 1 $a Cameron-Dow, John, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr98013210 245 12 $a A question of balance / $c by John Cameron-Dow. 246 15 $a Question of balance : $b a biography of F.W. de Klerk. 264 1 $a Constantia, South Africa : $b JCD Publishers, $c 2016. 300 $a 240 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index. 505 0 $a Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- A background of conflict -- A new country -- Early days -- 1948 election: A broederbond triumph -- University, legal career and marriage -- Rivonia: Prelude to an unlikely but momentous partnership -- Verwoerd assassinated -- M.P. and Minister in Vorster's cabinet -- P. W. Botha -- Rubicon -- A change of heart in the eighties -- Exit Botha: Enter De Klerk -- Who is F. W. De Klerk? -- Opening of Parliament 2 February 1990 -- Reflections on the speech -- Why did he do it? -- Release of Mandela -- Negotiations -- Referendum: The last white election -- Nobel Peace Prize -- A freed nation: President Nelson Mandela -- Rugby World Cup 1995 -- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- De Klerk's submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- Effects of the TRC -- Retirement from politics -- Divorce, remarriage and murder -- The F. W. De Klerk Foundation -- Whither the Afrikaner -- The Amanpour interview -- Unfinished business -- Closing words -- Bibliography -- Index. 520 $a "'A Question of Balance' is the only independent biography of FW de Klerk, former President of South Africa, who abolished the evil system of Apartheid on 2 February 1990. The book analyses: The relationship between FW and his father Senator Jan de Klerk who served as a minister in the cabinets of JG Strydom, HF Verwoerd and BJ Vorster; The circumstances that led to De Klerk succeeding PW Botha as President; The background to his famous Opening of Parliament speech; Why did he do it?; His complex relationship with sometime opponent, sometime colleague Nelson Mandela; The reality of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); His divorce, remarriage and the horrendous murder of his first wife; His commitment to protecting the Constitution through the FW de Klerk Foundation."--Publisher description. 600 10 $a De Klerk, F. W. $q (Frederik Willem) $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91091885 610 20 $a National Party (South Africa) $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84090144 650 0 $a Politicians $z South Africa $v Biography. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010107387 650 0 $a Presidents $z South Africa $v Biography. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010108099 651 0 $a South Africa $x Politics and government $y 1978-1989. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125493 651 0 $a South Africa $x Politics and government $y 1989-1994. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91002131 651 0 $a South Africa $x Politics and government $y 1994- $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94003600 651 0 $a South Africa $x History $y 1961-1994. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125481 651 0 $a South Africa $x History $y 1994- $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005007161 600 17 $a De Klerk, F. W. $q (Frederik Willem) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00291676 610 27 $a National Party (South Africa) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00589239 650 7 $a Politicians. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069915 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Presidents. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075723 651 7 $a South Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204616 648 7 $a Since 1961 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423686 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423686 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019025738.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E1D8DBC0F50B11E7A6193F6E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search