The Rough Guide to Nelson Mandela (Rough Guides) - Softcover

Max Du Preez

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405382368 ISBN 13: 9781405382366

Publisher: Rough Guides, 2011

Synopsis

The Rough Guide to Nelson Mandela is a fresh, honest overview of the life story and impact of one of the world's greatest modern icons. It assesses the influence of his rural, traditional childhood on his personality, and his early years as a revolutionary leader and master strategist, as well as his private life and marriages. It explores his 27 years in an apartheid jail and reveals the inside stories of the white government's first secretive contacts with him and how he encouraged the intelligence chiefs to advise their political masters to abandon apartheid and negotiate a political settlement. The Rough Guide to Nelson Mandela explains Mandela's remarkable lack of bitterness and commitment to reconciliation with the white minority after his release.

Readers get a rare insight into Mandela's role in the crucial negotiations period and his term as South Africa's first black president. It critically examines his iconic status and his impact on the world stage. The Rough Guide to Nelson Mandela liberates Nelson Mandela from cloying myths and partisan portraits, pinpointing the true impact and legacy of one of the world's most recognizable figures.

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About the Author

Max Du Preez is a South African author and the founding editor of Vrye Weekblad, the groundbreaking anti-apartheid Afrikaans newspaper that struck back against corrupt South African police. Preez worked for the South African Broadcasting Corporation before being dismissed for insubordination. In 2006 he was named the Yale Globalist Journalist of the Year and in 2008 he won the Nat Nakasa Award for his reporting.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rough Guides
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1405382368
• ISBN 13: 9781405382366
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 282