Perspectives on Southern Africa

by William Finnegan

Book Overview

Powerful, instructive, and full of humanity, this book challenges the current understanding of the war that has turned Mozambique—a naturally rich country—into the world's poorest nation. Before going to Mozambique, William Finnegan saw the war, like so many foreign observers, through a South African lens, viewing the conflict as apartheid's "forward defense." This lens was shattered by what he witnessed and what he heard from Mozambicans, especially...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520078047
• ISBN13: 9780520078048
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"