Reviews
"This sixth and last volume in this series covers the most significant decade of South Africa's complex and difficult transition from apartheid to Nelson Mandela's emergence as the country's first African president. The first section analyzes five major patterns of political behavior that culminated in a peaceful negotiated settlement between the long-term dominant minority white community and the African liberation movement. The essays are informative and capture the essence of the era. The second section consists of 182 documents that provide background evidence relevant to the political behavior examined in the initial five analyses. The five major political analyses offer an analytical account of the P. W. Botha era, the evolution of internal opposition in emerging African associations as they reacted to white domination, the political struggles and emergence of African resistance, the emergence and effectiveness of exile groups such as the African National Congress, and the reactions of white and African leaders that ultimately resulted in an essentially peaceful resolution of the racial conflict that marked the country's evolution to a multiracial democracy. A brief epilogue updates events leading to Mandela's election in 1994. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections. — Choice"—M. E. Doro, emerita, Connecticut College, February 2011
"From Protest to Challenge . . . gets us out of the false dichotomy of heroes/villains and forces us to confront South Africa's history in its complex specificity. Given the contested present, it would be a shame were this its last volume."—African Studies Quarterly
"[This] book brings to a fitting close a scholarly project that spanned over four decades. Its rigorous commentary and careful selection of documents will continue to be useful sources for generations of historians and researchers to come."—African Historical Review
"Everyone who works in South African studies, in particular historians and scholars in politics, await with some eagerness the publication of new parts of the Protest to Challenge project initiated by Thomas G. Karis and Gwendolen M. Carter over 50 years ago. Continued by Karis together with Gail Gerhart, after Carter's death it has come to be regarded as an artisan would treat his/her tools of the trade. . . The volume under review, produced by Gerhart with Glaser, maintains the exacting standards of previous ones . . . .65.1 2013"—South African Historical Journal
"This sixth and last volume in this series covers the most significant decade of South Africa's complex and difficult transition from apartheid to Nelson Mandela's emergence as the country's first African president. . . . The essays are informative and capture the essence of the era. . . . Recommended."—Choice
"On balance, Gail Gerhart and Clive Glaser have provided a most welcome addition to the literature on modern South African political history. Even in a crowded market, this is an obligatory purchase for anybody seriously interested in the subject. Vol. 43, No. 3, 2010"—International Journal of African Historical Studies
"[This] is a valuable source for those interested in South Africa and how Africans helped important changes to occur. 2011"—American Reference Books Annual
"Challenge and Victory [From Protest to Challenge, vol. 6] is a timely book offering a distinctive mix of insightful analysis and supporting primary documents, ensuring that it is a crucial read for anyone interested in the intriguing events of apartheid's demise."—Political Studies Review
"An invaluable and matchless source of evidence for scholars analyzing South Africa's sociopolitical history."—Choice, reviewing a previous edition or volume
"The overthrow of apartheid in South Africa permits an interpretive change in the thrust of African resistance politics by the editors and authors of this invaluable documentary history."—Foreign Affairs, reviewing a previous edition or volume
"An enduring resource for historians of South Africa, scholars interested in revolutionary thought and practice, and students concerned with the interplay between violent and nonviolent strategies for social change."—Africa Today, reviewing a previous edition or volume
"A book that helps us forge a common national story."—Sunday Independent (Johannesburg), reviewing a previous edition or volume
"An invaluable reference work, hard to equal."—African Studies Review, reviewing a previous edition or volume
"The overthrow of apartheid in South Africa permits an interpretive change in the thrust of African resistance politics by the editors and authors of this invaluable documentary history."—Foreign Affairs
"An enduring resource for historians of South Africa, scholars interested in revolutionary thought and practice, and students concerned with the interplay between violent and nonviolent strategies for social change."—Africa Today
"An invaluable and matchless source of evidence for scholars analyzing South Africa's sociopolitical history."—Choice
"An invaluable reference work, hard to equal."—African Studies Review
"A book that helps us forge a common national story."—Sunday Independent (Johannesburg)
