TY - BOOK AU - M�uller,Johann AU - K�ossler,Reinhart TI - "The inevitable pipeline into exile": Botswana's role in the Namibian liberation struggle SN - 9783905758290 AV - DT745 .M55 2012eb U1 - 325.30968 PY - 2012/// CY - Basel, Switzerland PB - Basler Afrika Bibliographien KW - SWAPO KW - South West Africa National Union KW - fast KW - National liberation movements KW - Namibia KW - Africa, Southern KW - Decolonization KW - Bilingual & multilingual dictionaries KW - bicssc KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Emigration & Immigration KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY KW - Africa KW - South KW - General KW - Politics and government KW - Botswana KW - Southern Africa N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The role played by Botswana in various southern African liberation struggles has previously been neglected in historical studies. The country's politics of support and mobilisation early on in Namibia's struggle for independence from South Africa proved crucial for the formative period of both nation states. Botswana's difficult and contradictory position as neighbour of the South African apartheid state and colonial power in Namibia are carefully dealt with, as are the challenges faced by the fragile Namibian refugee networks and liberation movements, SWANU and SWAPO, operating in Botswana fo ER -