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The plot to save South Africa : the week Mandela averted civil war and forged a new nation / Justice Malala.

Van Pelt Library DT1970 .M338 2023
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Malala, Justice, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Assassination.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
Politics and government.
Race relations.
Hani, Chris, 1942-1993--Assassination.
Hani, Chris.
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013--Influence.
Mandela, Nelson.
De Klerk, F. W. (Frederik Willem)--Influence.
De Klerk, F. W.
De Klerk, F. W. (Frederik Willem).
Hani, Chris, 1942-1993.
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.
South Africa--Race relations.
South Africa.
South Africa--Politics and government--1989-1994.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xvi, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Summary:
"A riveting, kaleidoscopic account of nine days in the life of a country on the edge, as the assassination of Nelson Mandela's protégé by a white supremacist threatens to derail South Africa's democratic transition and plunge the nation into civil war"-- Provided by publisher.
"Johannesburg, Easter weekend, 1993. Nelson Mandela has been free for three years and is in power sharing talks with President FW de Klerk when a white supremacist shoots the Black leader's popular young heir apparent, Chris Hani, in hopes of igniting an all-out war. Will he succeed in plunging South Africa into chaos, safeguarding apartheid for perhaps years to come? In The Plot to Save South Africa, acclaimed South African journalist Justice Malala recounts the gripping story of the next nine days, as the government and Mandela's ANC seek desperately to restore the peace and root out just how far up into the country's leadership the far-right plot goes. Told from the points of view of over a dozen characters on all sides of the conflict, Malala offers an illuminating look at successful leadership in action and a terrifying reminder of just how close a country we think of today as a model for racial reconciliation came to civil war." -- Amazon.com.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-321) and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Malala, Justice. Plot to save South Africa
ISBN:
9781982149734
1982149736
9781471194511
1471194515
9781471194528
1471194523
OCLC:
1330712352
Publisher Number:
99993778182

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