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Umfang: Online-Ressource (333 p)

Ausgabe: Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

ISBN: 081224267X , 9780812242676

Inhalt: When the southern African country of Rhodesia was reborn as Zimbabwe in 1980, democracy advocates celebrated the defeat of a white supremacist regime and the end of colonial rule. Zimbabwean crowds cheered their new prime minister, freedom fighter Robert Mugabe, with little idea of the misery he would bring them. Under his leadership for the next 30 years, Zimbabwe slid from self-sufficiency into poverty and astronomical inflation. The government once praised for its magnanimity and ethnic tolerance was denounced by leaders like South African Nobel Prize-winner Desmond Tutu. Millions of refugees fled the country. How did the heroic Mugabe become a hated autocrat, and why were so many outside of Zimbabwe blind to his bloody misdeeds for so long? In "A Predictable Tragedy: Robert Mugabe and the Collapse of Zimbabwe" Daniel Compagnon reveals that while the conditions and perceptions of Zimbabwe had changed, its leader had not. From the beginning of his political career, Mugabe was a cold tactician with no regard for human rights. Through eyewitness accounts and unflinching analysis, Compagnon describes how Mugabe and the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) built a one-party state under an ideological cloak of anti-imperialism. To maintain absolute authority, Mugabe undermined one-time ally Joshua Nkomo, terrorized dissenters, stoked the fires of tribalism, covered up the massacre of thousands in Matabeleland, and siphoned off public money to his minions-all well before the late 1990s, when his attempts at radical land redistribution finally drew negative international attention. -- Book jacket

Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references and index , ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Authoritarian Control of the Political Arena""; ""2 Violence as the Cornerstone of Mugabe's Strategy of Political Survival""; ""3 Militant Civil Society and the Emergence of a Credible Opposition""; ""4 The Media Battlefield: From Skirmishes to Full-Fledged War""; ""5 The Judiciary: From Resistance to Subjugation""; ""6 The Land ''Reform'' Charade and the Tragedy of Famine""; ""7 The State Bourgeoisie and the Plunder of the Economy""; ""8 The International Community and the Crisis in Zimbabwe""; ""Conclusion: Chaos Averted or Merely Postponed?"" , ""List of Acronyms""""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Acknowledgments"" , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780812200041

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780812242676

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Predictable Tragedy : Robert Mugabe and the Collapse of Zimbabwe

Sprache: Englisch

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ISBN: 9780812200041

Inhalt: An unflinching analysis of how Robert Mugabe, a man once known as an anticolonial freedom fighter, became one of Africa's most hated autocrats, and why so many inside and outside Zimbabwe were long blind to his bloody misdeeds.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Introduction -- , Chapter 1. Authoritarian Control of the Political Arena -- , Chapter 2. Violence as the Cornerstone of Mugabe’s Strategy of Political Survival -- , Chapter 3. Militant Civil Society and the Emergence of a Credible Opposition -- , Chapter 4. The Media Battlefield: From Skirmishes to Full-Fledged War -- , Chapter 5. The Judiciary: From Resistance to Subjugation -- , Chapter 6. The Land ‘‘Reform’’ Charade and the Tragedy of Famine -- , Chapter 7. The State Bourgeoisie and the Plunder of the Economy -- , Chapter 8. The International Community and the Crisis in Zimbabwe -- , Conclusion: Chaos Averted or Merely Postponed? -- , List of Acronyms -- , Notes -- , Index -- , Acknowledgments , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.9783/9780812200041

URL: https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812200041

URL: https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812200041

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Umfang: 333 p.

Ausgabe: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Inhalt: When the southern African country of Rhodesia was reborn as Zimbabwe in 1980, democracy advocates celebrated the defeat of a white supremacist regime and the end of colonial rule. Zimbabwean crowds cheered their new prime minister, freedom fighter Robert Mugabe, with little idea of the misery he would bring them. Under his leadership for the next 30 years, Zimbabwe slid from self-sufficiency into poverty and astronomical inflation. The government once praised for its magnanimity and ethnic tolerance was denounced by leaders like South African Nobel Prize-winner Desmond Tutu. Millions of refugees fled the country. How did the heroic Mugabe become a hated autocrat, and why were so many outside of Zimbabwe blind to his bloody misdeeds for so long? In "A Predictable Tragedy: Robert Mugabe and the Collapse of Zimbabwe" Daniel Compagnon reveals that while the conditions and perceptions of Zimbabwe had changed, its leader had not. From the beginning of his political career, Mugabe was a cold tactician with no regard for human rights. Through eyewitness accounts and unflinching analysis, Compagnon describes how Mugabe and the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) built a one-party state under an ideological cloak of anti-imperialism. To maintain absolute authority, Mugabe undermined one-time ally Joshua Nkomo, terrorized dissenters, stoked the fires of tribalism, covered up the massacre of thousands in Matabeleland, and siphoned off public money to his minions-all well before the late 1990s, when his attempts at radical land redistribution finally drew negative international attention. -- Book jacket.

Anmerkung: Authoritarian control of the political arena -- Violence as the cornerstone of Mugabe's strategy of political survival -- Militant civil society and the emergence of a credible opposition -- The media battlefield : from skirmishes to full-fledged war -- The judiciary : from resistance to subjugation -- The land "reform" charade and the tragedy of famine -- The state bourgeoisie and the plunder of the economy -- The international community and the crisis in Zimbabwe -- Conclusion : crisis averted or merely postponed?.

Sprache: Englisch

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