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Chargement... Dinner with Mugabe: The Untold Story of a Freedom Fighter Who Became a Tyrantpar Heidi Holland
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I enjoyed this book and learned a lot about Zimbabwe and of course Mugabe. Very insightful on many levels, in particular the au the author describes the body language used by her interview subjects to gain further insight into what was said. It’s not it’s what was said, but also, how it was said. However, I found her psychological analysis of Mugabe to be over simplistic, naive and almost childish, and of little use in explaining his behaviour and transformation from academic into monster. ( ) Heidi Holland the author was a white Rhodesian who was against the white minority Government. In 1975 she provided dinner for Robert Mugabe who was on the run, at her home. He met with another man and the next day he telephoned her to thank her. She wanted to know how the man she had met so briefly could become the man who killed tens of thousands in the 1980's and who drove his country into economic ruins. She was interested in what made the man and each chapter looks at a different aspect of his life, from his childhood to an interview with the man himself in 2007. It answered many questions I had such as how did he become involved in the bush war also known as the second chimurenga, how did he became leader and what happened in the early days of Zimbabwe. The only aspect some might find annoying is the personality profiles of Mugabe. I'm uncertain if they add or subtract from the biographical nature of the rest of the book. It is a good read and very informative if your interested in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"The most intimate portrait yet produced of Zimbabwe's clever yet brutal leader." -The Economist With plunging life expectancy, soaring inflation, and unemployment, repression, and starvation fueling a mass exodus, Zimbabwe is a nation in crisis. Its president, Robert Mugabe-once lauded for his heroics as a guerilla leader who fought against white-minority rule in the 1960s- is now seen as the man who ruined the country and cast shame on the African continent. Beginning with a dinner shared with Mugabe the freedom fighter and ending in a searching interview with Mugabe as Zimbabwe's president more than thirty years later, Heidi Holland's incisive and timely investigation charts Mugabe's gradual self- destruction and probes the mystery of Africa's loyalty to one of its worst dictators. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)968.91051092History and Geography Africa South Africa and southern Africa Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi Zimbabwe, MostlyClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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