"Written in secret during the 1987 political turmoil, "Fiji : shattered coups" presents the first detailed analysis to emerge from Fiji of the political events which shook the South Pacific. The result is a devastating expose of the coups which traces their origins and records with ecact and often painful detail the events which paralysed the island state, spread fear and despondency amongst its people and began a toruous process of soul searching that may take years to reach fruition ..." -- Back cover