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Bring Me My Machine Gun
Alec Russell
其他書名
The Battle for the Soul of South Africa, from Mandela to Zuma
出版PublicAffairs, 2009-04-14
主題History / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa
ISBN07867414739780786741472
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=qr3LQcn8Mh4C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.