{"product_id":"the-plot-to-save-south-justice-malala-9781982149734","title":"The Plot to Save South Africa: The Week Mandela Averted Civil War and Forged a New Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"gripping and important\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e account of nine tumultuous days, as the assassination of Nelson Mandela's protégé by a white supremacist threatens to derail South Africa's democratic transition and plunge the nation into civil war.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohannesburg, Easter weekend, 1993. Nelson Mandela had been released after twenty-seven years in prison and was in power sharing talks with President F.W. de Klerk. After decades of resistance, the apartheid regime seemed poised to fall...until a white supremacist shot and killed Mandela's popular heir apparent, Chris Hani, in a last desperate attempt to provoke civil war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-two-year-old rookie journalist Justice Malala was one of the first people at the crime scene. And as he covered the growing chaos of the next nine days--the protests and police brutality, reprisal killings and calls for paramilitary units to get combat-ready--he was terrified the assassin's plot might succeed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Plot to Save South Africa\u003c\/i\u003e, Malala \"masterfully\" (\u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e) unspools this political history in the style of a thriller, alternating between the perspectives of participants across the political spectrum in a riveting, kaleidoscopic account of a country on the brink. Through vivid archival research and shocking original interviews, he digs into questions that were never fully answered in all the tumult at the time: How involved were far-right elements within the South African government in inciting--or even planning--the assassination? And as the time bomb ticked on, how \u003ci\u003edid \u003c\/i\u003ethese political rivals work together with opponents whose ideology they'd long abhorred--despite provocation and their own failures, doubts, and fears--to keep their country from descending into civil war?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Justice Malala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982149736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982149734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2022 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2023 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023","brand":"Justice Malala","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44069253251327,"sku":"9781982149734","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_700dfa0b-100b-41ef-8d11-3eac49d1de62.jpg?v=1685423691","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-plot-to-save-south-justice-malala-9781982149734","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}