Mandela : a Biography

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 the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meredith, Martin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, ©2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Mandela, Nelson, > 1918-2013.
African National Congress > History.
Political prisoners > South Africa > Biography.
Presidents > South Africa > Biography.
South Africa > Politics and government > 20th century.
South Africa > Race relations.
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • 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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