White Gold and Thirsty Communities by John Aerni-Flessner - 9780798305457

Name: White Gold and Thirsty Communities by John Aerni-Flessner - 9780798305457
Brand: Africa Institute of South Africa

Africa Institute of South Africa

White Gold and Thirsty CommunitiesThe Cold War, Apartheid, and the Lesotho Highlands Water Project\nAuthor(s): John Aerni-Flessner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Africa Institute of South Africa, South Africa\nImprint: Africa Institute of South Africa\nISBN-13: 9780798305457, 978-0798305457\nSynopsis\nThe story of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) is a tale both of international diplomacy and of the ways that high politics and the antiapartheid struggle played outand continue to play outin the daily lives of the people of Lesotho and South Africa.\n\nThe LHWP is the result of a 1986 treaty between the apartheid regime in Pretoria and the military regime in Maseru. John Aerni-Flessner traces the twenty-year negotiations leading up to the signing of the treaty, assesses how the Cold War and anti-apartheid struggles shaped those negotiations, and considers the effect of global geopolitical battles on the entire process. He also shows that, while the LHWP can by one metric be ju.