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02832aam a2200421Ma 4500 001 8069580A0AF111E39305B8A1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130822010304 008 090423r20132009nyuaf e b 001 0 eng 020 $a 1468303317 (pbk) 020 $a 9781468303315 (pbk) : 035 $a (OCoLC)824655393 040 $a AU@ $b eng $c AU@ $d OCLCO $d WLU $d SILO 050 4 $a DT1971 $b .J64 2013 082 04 $a 968.066 $2 23 100 1 $a Johnson, R. W. $q (Richard William) 245 10 $a South Africa's brave new world : $b the beloved country since the end of apartheid / $c R.W. Johnson. 260 $a New York : $b Overlook Press, $c 2013, c2009. 300 $a xvi, 720 p., [16] p. of plates : $b ill. (some col.) ; $c 21 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a The universal jubilation that greeted Nelson Mandela's inauguration as president of South Africa in 1994 and the process by which the nightmare of apartheid had been banished is one of the most thrilling, hopeful stories in the modern era: peaceful, rational change was possible and the weight of an oppressive history was suddenly lifted. 520 $a After decades of cultural and political turmoil, Nelson Mandela's inauguration as president of South Africa in 1994 seemed to usher in an age of peaceful, rational change. But, as R. W. Johnson recounts in his sweeping history, this was not to be. The profound damage of apartheid and the country's ill-prepared new leaders -- in exile or prison for much of their adult lives -- were a disastrous combination that poisoned everything from big business to education and AIDS policy to international relations. In "South Africa's Brave New World, " Johnson shows how Mandela's successors brought South Africa close to "failed state" status and explores the implications for its future. At the heart of the story lies the figure of Thabo Mbeki, whose presidency led to catastrophic failure on almost every front. With a new afterword that assesses the new administration of Jacob Zuma, this controversial book stands as the definitive history of the new South Africa. 600 10 $a Mandela, Nelson, $d 1918- 600 10 $a Mbeki, Thabo. 600 10 $a Zuma, Jacob. 610 20 $a African National Congress $x History. 650 0 $a Political development. 650 0 $a Presidents $z South Africa. 650 0 $a Post-apartheid era. 651 0 $a South Africa $x History $y 1994- 651 0 $a South Africa $x Foreign relations $y 1994- 651 0 $a South Africa $x Social conditions $y 1994- 651 0 $a South Africa $x Economic conditions $y 1994- 651 0 $a South Africa $x Politics and government $y 1994- 941 $a 2 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204065352.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110051316.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8069580A0AF111E39305B8A1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search