On 21st November 2017 Robert Mugabe resigned as President of
Zimbabwe after 37 years in power. A week earlier the military had
seized control of the country and forced him to step down as leader
of the ruling Zanu-PF party. In this revised and updated edition of
his classic biography, Stephen Chan seeks to explain and interpret
Mugabe in his role as a key player in the politics of Southern
Africa. In this masterly portrait of one of Africa's
longest-serving leaders, Mugabe's character unfolds with the ebb
and flow of triumph and crisis. Mugabe's story is Zimbabwe's - from
the post-independence hopes of idealism and reconciliation to
electoral victory, the successful intervention in the international
politics of Southern Africa and the resistance to South Africa's
policy of apartheid. But a darker picture emerged early with the
savage crushing of the Matabeleland rising, the elimination of
political opponents, growing corruption and disastrous intervention
in the Congo war, all worsened by drought and the HIV/AIDS crisis.
Stephen Chan's highly revealing biography, based on close personal
knowledge of Zimbabwe, depicts the emergence and eventual downfall
of a ruthless and single-minded despot amassing and tightly
clinging to political power. We follow the triumphant nationalist
leader who reconciled all in the new multiracial Zimbabwe,
degenerate into a petty tyrant consumed by hubris and
self-righteousness and ultimately face an ignominious endgame at
the hands of his own army.
General
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
August 2023 |
| Authors: |
Stephen Chan
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
288 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-44246-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-350-44246-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781350442467 |
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