Sunset over Atomic Apartheid: United States–South African nuclear relations, 1981–93Footnote

Martha van Wyk is a Lecturer in International Studies at Monash South Africa. She obtained her DPhil from the University of Pretoria in 2005, on the topic of the institution and implementation of the 1977 US arms embargo against South Africa. The research for this article was partly undertaken in her previous capacity as post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Historical Studies, University of Johannesburg. Her current research entails United States–South African military and nuclear relations during and after the Cold War. She is working on a monograph on the topic, utilizing international multi-archival sources. Correspondence to: Dr. Martha van Wyk, Department of International Studies, School of Arts, Monash South Africa, Private Bag X60, Roodepoort, 1725, South Africa. [email protected]

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