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    Zimbabwe: Years of Hope and Despair

    Zimbabwe: Years of Hope and Despair

    by Philip Barclay


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      ISBN-13: 9781408812037
    • Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
    • Publication date: 06/07/2010
    • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 256
    • File size: 1 MB

    Philip Barclay is a British diplomat who has been living in Zimbabwe
    since 2007. He has written several articles, under a pseudonym, about
    Zimbabwe for the Sunday Times and the Guardian. He has also written an acclaimed blog, which attracted significant attention in the UK and US.


    Zimbabwe is Philip Barclay's first book.


    Philip Barclay is a British diplomat who has been living in Zimbabwe since 2007. He has written several articles, under a pseudonym, about Zimbabwe for the Sunday Times and the Guardian. He has also written an acclaimed blog, which attracted significant attention in the UK and US. Zimbabwe is Philip Barclay's first book.

    Table of Contents

    Map viii

    Preface ix

    Introduction xi

    1 The Battleground 1

    2 Posturing and Positioning 31

    3 March 2008: The Defeat of Robert Mugabe 46

    4 Waiting for Gono 76

    5 The Unconquerable Will 95

    6 Red Soil 116

    7 Crocodile Tears 146

    8 Shaking Hands and Touching Elbows 165

    9 Faint Hope 189

    10 Moving On 203

    Notes 221

    Acknowledgements 223

    Index 227

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    Zimbabwe is a country both blessed and cursed. British diplomat Philip
    Barclay witnessed the downfall of what used to be Africa's finest
    country, culminating in the tumultuous events of 2008 when Zimbabwe's
    people voted against Robert Mugabe. But their desire for change was
    denied as vicious squads of indoctrinated youths loyal to the ageing
    dictator launched a campaign of murder, rape and destruction. In the
    wake of such terror, the economy and public services collapsed, leading
    to widespread poverty and epidemics of diseases that Zimbabwe had not
    seen in living memory.

    This electrifying account records the
    violent excesses of a hated clique prepared to do anything to cling to
    power. It is also a personal story of the extraordinary resilience of
    Zimbabwe's people.

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