{"product_id":"catastrophe-richard-bourne-9781848135208","title":"Catastrophe: What Went Wrong in Zimbabwe?","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo one in 1980 could have guessed that Zimbabwe would become a failed state on such a monumental and tragic scale. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this incisive and revealing book, Richard Bourne shows how a country which had every prospect of success when it achieved a delayed independence in 1980 became a brutal police state with hyperinflation, collapsing life expectancy and abandonment by a third of its citizens less than thirty years later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with the British conquest of Zimbabwe and covering events up to the present precarious political situation, this is the most comprehensive, up-to-date and readable account of the ongoing crisis. Bourne shows that Zimbabwe's tragedy is not just about Mugabe's 'evil' but about history, Africa today and the world's attitudes towards them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Bourne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848135203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848135208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zed Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012","brand":"Richard Bourne","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48014066221311,"sku":"9781848135208","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c78d3e2-9cb1-45f8-a86d-72604e46480a.jpg?v=1767746519","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/catastrophe-richard-bourne-9781848135208","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}