ABSTRACT

This analysis explores the efforts of the Lyndon Johnson Administration, for both moral and pragmatic reasons, to distance itself from apartheid South Africa during the 1960s. By 1964, the bilateral relationship with Pretoria was becoming a diplomatic liability for the White House. The international community, especially newly independent Afro-Asian states, was increasingly vocal in condemning South Africa, and domestically, the United States was seeking to remove the legacy of racial discrimination from its own society. Washington’s close economic and strategic ties to Pretoria, however, made taking a tough line with South Africa and broader disengagement from the apartheid state a difficult balancing act.

摘要

本分析探讨了林登·约翰逊政府出于道德和务实原因在 1960 年代与种族隔离的南非保持距离的努力。到 1964 年，与比勒陀利亚的双边关系成为白宫的外交责任。国际社会，尤其是新独立的亚非国家，越来越多地谴责南非，而在国内，美国正在寻求从自己的社会中消除种族歧视的遗产。然而，华盛顿与比勒陀利亚的密切经济和战略联系使得对南非采取强硬路线以及更广泛地脱离种族隔离国家成为一种难以平衡的行为。