Fear : Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe

English

ISBN: 031605173X

EAN: 9780316051736

Category: Social Science / Sociology / General/Biography & Autobiography / Political/Business & Economics / Economic Conditions/History / Africa / South / General/Political Science / World / African/

Publisher: Little Brown & Company

Release Date: 03/17/2011

Synopsis: Journalist Peter Godwin has covered wars. As a soldier, hes fought them. But nothing prepared him for the surreal mix of desperation and hope he encountered when he returned to Zimbabwe, his broken homeland. Godwin arrived as Robert Mugabe, the countrys dictator for 30 years, has finally lost an election. Mugabes tenure has left Zimbabwe with the worlds highest rate of inflation and the shortest life span. Instead of conceding power, Mugabe launched a brutal campaign of terror against his own citizens. With foreign correspondents banned, and he himself there illegally, Godwin was one of the few observers to bear witness to this period the locals call The Fear. He saw torture bases and the burning villages but was most awed as an observer of not only simple acts of kindness but also churchmen and diplomats putting their own lives on the line to try to stop the carnage. THE FEAR is a book about the astonishing courage and resilience of a people, armed with nothing but a desire to be free, who challenged a violent dictatorship. It is also the deeply personal and ultimately uplifting story of a man trying to make sense of the country he cant recognize as home.

Fear : Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.25 inches

Width: 6.5 inches

Length: 9.5 inches

Weight: 21.66 oz

Pages: 384