Bring Me My Machine Gun (The Battle for the Soul of South Africa, from Mandela to Zuma)
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Product Details
Author:
Alec Russell
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
336
Publisher:
PublicAffairs (April 14, 2009)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9781586487386
ISBN-10:
1586487388
Case Pack:
16
File:
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Folder:
hbgusa
List Price:
$39.00
As low as:
$30.03
Publisher Identifier:
P-HACH
Discount Code:
A
Weight:
19.01oz
Dimensions:
6.25" x 9.25"
Audience:
General/trade
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
65
Imprint:
PublicAffairs
Overview
Award-winning journalist Alec Russell was in South Africa to witness the fall of apartheid and the remarkable reconciliation of Nelson Mandela's rule; and returned in 2007-2008 to see Mandela's successor, Thabo Mbeki, fritter away the country's reputation. South Africa is now perched on a precipice, as it prepares to elect Jacob Zuma as president—signaling a potential slide back to the bad old days of post-colonial African leadership, and disaster for a country that was once the beacon of the continent.
Drawing on his long relationships with all the key senior figures including Mandela, Mbeki, Desmond Tutu, and Zuma, and a host of South Africans he has known over the years—including former activists turned billionaires and reactionary Boers—Alec Russell's Bring Me My Machine Gun is a beautifully told and expertly researched account of South Africa's great tragedy: the tragedy of hope unfulfilled.
