Nelson Mandela by Martin Meredith

Nelson Mandela by Martin Meredith

It provides new perspective and insights into the man and his times. . . . Meredith] is particularly good in recounting the parallel rise and inevitable clash of white Afrikaner and black African nationalism in this century . . --The Washington Post

Meredith paints an insider's canvas of recent South African history as well as an epic tale of a freedom fighter. --San Francisco Chronicle

R]evealing insights, particularly into the contrast between the disciplined Mandela who emerged from prison and the impetuous figure of the late 1940's and early 1950's. --The New York Times Book Review

Meredith carefully avoids adulation while tracing the course of Mandela's remarkable career. . . . He] skillfully depicts Mandela's complex relationships with the close circle of white Communists who supported the African National Congress and] writes vividly but unsentimentally about the tribulations and betrayals that racked Mandela's family.--The Los Angeles Times

Martin Meredith has spent much of his life writing about Africa: first as a foreign correspondent for the London Observer and Sunday Times, then as a research fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford, and now as an independent author and commentator. He is the author of In the Name of Apartheid: South Africa's New Era, The Past is Another Country, The First Dance of Freedom, Nelson Mandela, Coming to Terms: South Africa's Search for Truth, and Africa's Elephant.

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ISBN 13	9780312199920
ISBN 10	0312199929
Title	Nelson Mandela
Author	Martin Meredith
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	St. Martin's Press
Year published	1999-02-01
Number of pages	608
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