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Mugabe: Teacher, Revolutionary, Tyrant
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Product Description
Robert Gabriel Mugabe, a former teacher and guerrilla leader, swept to power in Zimbabwe on a tide of euphoria in 1980 with the promise of peace, prosperity and racial harmony. He proceeded to preside over the economic ruination of the country, which he himself once described as the Jewel of Africa . In his desperate attempts to create and perpetuate a one-party state, he thwarted the democratic process, used torture against his own people and deliberately obstructed aid organisations when they offered assistance to the persecuted and starving. Andrew Norman provides the necessary background to the tragedy, from Cecil Rhodes to UDI, and examines Mugabes life prior to 1980 and his years in power. His words and deeds are scrutinised closely, and an entirely new theory as to the reasons for his behaviour is proposed (by a doctor of medicine). Some pictures have been secretly smuggled out of the country for the author to include in this volume.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #415216 in Books
- Published on: 2008-07-18
- Format: Illustrated
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 192 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
DR ANDREW NORMAN is the author of several books, including a biography of T.E. Lawrence, Unravelling the Enigma, and Adolf Hitler: The Final Analysis. Andrew was raised in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.
Customer Reviews
Great book!
This book is easy to read and gives a good detailed account of the life of Robert Mugabe from his early life as a teacher, to the modern dictator that he has come to be infamous for.
The author gives a very interesting reason as to why Mugabe is the way he is, although you do have to wait til the end of the book to find out what it is! I think that you should know a bit about Mugabe before you read this book.
Overall, this is a good account and I recommend it.
Good Read
it took me a while to get into this book as the first few chapters were quite slow and detailed. however, it soon becomes very interesting with good depth and background to Zimbabwe as a country and Mugabe.
i personally would recommend reading this book.
