Mandela : a Biography
Nelson Mandela stands out as one of the most admired political figures of the twentieth century. It was his leadership and moral courage above all that helped to deliver a peaceful end to apartheid in South Africa after years of racial division and violence and to establish a fledgling democracy there. Martin Meredith's vivid portrayal of this towering leader was originally acclaimed as "an exemplary work of biography: instructive, illuminating, as well as felicitously written" (Kirkus Reviews), providing "new insights on the man and his time" (Washington Post). Now Meredith has revisited and significantly updated his biography to incorporate a decade of additional perspective and hindsight on the man and his legacy and to examine how far his hopes for the new South Africa have been realised. Published as South Africa celebrates 100 years since its founding and hosts the 2010 World Cup, Nelson Mandela is the most thorough and up-to-date account available of the life of its most revered hero
Electronic books
1 online resource (xviii, 653 pages) : illustrations
9781282562677, 9781586488321, 9781586488666, 9781586489519, 9786612562679, 1282562673, 1586488325, 158648866X, 1586489518, 6612562676
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The mission school ladder
Johannesburg
Friends and comrades
The apartheid machine
The 'M' plan
The freedom charter
'The fabulous decade'
A trial of endurance
Spear of the nation
Capture
Operation Mayibuye
The Rivonia trial
Prisoner 466/64
A double ordeal
Soweto
Free Mandela!
Talking with the enemy
The football club
Botha's tea party
A step to freedom
The third man
Winnie's trial
Codesa
Winnie's downfall
The sunset clause
The loneliest man
The election roller-coaster
Reinventing South Africa
The bitter end
The gravy train
Dealing with the past
Passing the baton
L'envoi
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