Chester Crocker and the South African Border War, 1981–1989: A Reappraisal of Linkage*

@article{KaganGuthrie2009ChesterCA,  title={Chester Crocker and the South African Border War, 1981–1989: A Reappraisal of Linkage*},  author={Zachary Kagan-Guthrie},  journal={Journal of Southern African Studies},  year={2009},  volume={35},  pages={65 - 80},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:154612023}}
Between 1981 and 1989, United States Assistant Secretary of State Chester Crocker pursued a highly controversial ‘linkage’ strategy that aimed to secure an end to the universally condemned South African occupation of Namibia by offering as a prerequisite a US demand for the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola. This policy was heavily influenced by the Reagan administration's Cold War objectives, and was derided by critics as granting an ineffectual and unwarranted concession to Pretoria that… 

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