1948—1963年美国政府对南非的外交政策述评

Abstract:After the outbreak of the Cold War，both the Truman and Eisenhower administrations adopted a partial eclectic policy towards the apartheid system maintained by the South African nationalist government out of using South Africa to counter the Soviet Union politically.In 1961，when Kennedy became President，he decided to implement a limited sanctions policy containing substantive sanctions against the South African government based on the dual considerations of realism and idealism in the face of the rise of the Third World，the domestic civil rights movement and the deterioration of the domestic situation in South Africa.The policy had played a positive role in protecting the human rights of South African coloured race and promoting the political transformation of South Africa.It is a milestone in the history of U.S.-South Africa diplomatic relations.

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