Coup: Reflections on the Political Crisis in Fiji

by Michael Pretes

May 19, 2000. Fiji's democratically elected multiracial government is hijacked by a group of armed gunmen led by George Speight, and held hostage for fifty days. Suva, the capital, is torched and looted as Speight's supporters gather on the lawns of the parliamentary complex, dancing, cooking food, celebrating the purported abrogation of the constitution that brought the People's Coalition government to power. The country is plunged into darkness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1921536365
• ISBN13: 9781921536366
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 7.9"