The Complicated Legacy of F W de Klerk
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Do You Think He Accepted the Apatite Was Wrong?
White south africa was at the point of a crisis, he had to make concessions. He recorded a video which was to be released after his death. More interesting is that vitio indicates that he did want to control the content of his legacy. But then when you want to do that, you must understand that any person's legacy is determined not by the person himself or herself, but by the others. I think he was a reluctant person. And iv formulated it by saying, he initiated and opened the transition, but he could not walk over into a transformed society founded on democracy.
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