364 pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2007
An analysis of the rise and collapse of the Nationalist Party.
"A unique lense through which to analyse the demise of the National Party: written by a woman and using class analysis - the two decisive 'missing links' in Afrikaner history-writing". Antjie Krog
Award-winning journalist Christi van der Westhuizen worked on Vrye Weekblad, Beeld and ThisDay. She is currently Inter Press Service's trade project editor for Africa and Europe and is honourary research fellow with the School of Politics, University of KwaZulu-Natal.