Cover; Title; Series Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of plates; Abbreviations for printed sources and unpublished documents; Abbreviated designations; List of persons; Document summaries; Map; Plates; I Sanctions and Stalemate August 1986 -- December 1987; II The Long Haul January 1988 -- January 1989; III From P.W. Botha to F.W. de Klerk January -- November 1989; IV The Release of Nelson Mandela December 1989 -- July 1990; Index