Word: capitulationism
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Ian Smith's capitulation in Salisbury may have bought Pretoria's whites sometime, as Vorster plainly hopes, but it may also have presented him with a time limit. It is conceivable that Vorster and his fellow Afrikaners have just two good years in which to set their besieged house in...
The morale of the 20,000-member security force may become a problem. The Smith capitulation has raised questions about the soldiers' zeal in fighting Rhodesia's guerrillas. A young trooper in a downtown Salisbury discotheque sounded a now familiar complaint: "What the hell. We've surrendered...
The key to Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith's capitulation on transition to majority rule within two years was South African pressure. South African Prime Minister John Vorster appears to have threatened that if Smith did not accept majority rule he would end fuel and water supplies to Rhodesia, as...
Early in the siege, the Palestinians twice raised-and twice betrayed-the white flag of surrender. They did so with bitter calculation. As the Christians drew near to accept what they thought was Palestinian capitulation, the Palestinians gunned down the would-be victors. "We did this so that there would...
Killanin's Capitulation