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Saving Nelson Mandela : the Rivonia trial and the fate of South Africa / Kenneth S. Broun.
Van Pelt Library KTL42.R58 B76 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Broun, Kenneth S.
- Series:
- Pivotal moments in world history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rivonia Trial, Pretoria, South Africa, 1964.
- Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Mandela, Nelson.
- Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.
- Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--South Africa.
- Trials (Political crimes and offenses).
- South Africa--History--1961-1994.
- South Africa.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 210 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- People involved in the Rivonia trial
- Introduction
- Arrests and escapes
- The lawyers and the judge
- Reaction
- Preparing for trial
- The trial begins
- A pyrrhic victory
- The case for the prosecution
- Mandela at the dock
- Others make their case
- Closing arguments
- Outside pressures
- Judgment and sentencing
- Thinking about the judgment and sentence
- After Rivonia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199740222
- 0199740224
- OCLC:
- 733223529
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