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Petra Goedde, The Politics of Peace: A Global Cold War History

extensive and broadly international. Van Vuuren and his team reviewed more than 40,000 documents in twenty-five public archives in South Africa, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In compensation for the loss of many sensitive and potentially revealing documents destroyed by the South African government at the end of apartheid, Van Vuuren has conducted interviews with a number of former South African government and Armscor officials. In terms of the sheer volume of sources culled, this is an impressive body of work, and the author should be commended for successfully crafting a coherent story out of this multitude of tantalizing little bits of information. Specialists in South African history and contemporary society will gain the most from this work, as the level of detail fills many gaps that had heretofore been obscured or repressed. That strength, however, may prove daunting to outsiders, who may find themselves overwhelmed and in unfamiliar territory. Additionally, the book will prove insightful for specialists in the arms trade or the Cold War, as it puts much needed flesh on the bones of the conventional wisdom about arms trafficking and the role of lesser powers in the international system.