Catastrophe by Richard Bourne

Catastrophe by Richard Bourne

Explains how a country which had every prospect of success following independence became a brutal police state.

Richard Bourne expertly lays bare Mugabe's terrifying abuse of power-- his path from liberator to destroyer-- as well as charting the failures by Britain and the world to challenge him effectively* James Robbins, BBC *
Richard Bourne has written a clear, well-linked history of Zimbabwe from its earliest days as a territory invaded and seized by whites to its recent history under the dictatorship of Robert Mugabe. Perceptive and fair, Bourne offers no quick solutions or easy receiver plans but remains optimistic that Zimbabweans themselves will reconcile and rebuild. * Richard Dowden, Director of the Royal Africa Society and author of Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles *
Bourne’s book is an important contribution to understanding what went wrong in independent Zimbabwe; it is also a good account of all the factors that blighted the country and its people long before Mugabe came to power. * Sir Ronald Sanders *
In the plethora of one-sided and ill-informed works on Zimbabwe, Richard Bourne's new book stands out as deeply-thought, highly-detailed, judicious and balanced. Bourne's capacity to weigh evidence and to arrive at sober and sobering judgements is superb. There will not be a better account of Zimbabwe for some time to come. * Stephen Chan, author of Robert Mugabe: A Life of Power and Violence *

Richard Bourne is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London University, and a former journalist. He has written and a number of books, including Nigeria: A New History of a Turbulent Century (Zed, 2015).

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ISBN 13	9781848135215
ISBN 10	1848135211
Title	Catastrophe
Author	Richard Bourne
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2011-08-11
Number of pages	320
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