Playing The Enemy: Nelson Mandela And The Game That Made A Nation
ISBN:
9781843548591 (1843548593)
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
Africa,
Book Club,
Politics,
Leadership,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
Race
It felt like it needed a few more lines at the end but this was surprisingly satisfying for a short read. :)
Good if flawed account of Mandela's struggle to unify South Africa. The author did a good job in showing how tenuous the country was during Mandela's term as president and Mandela"s role in stabilizing a very dangerous period in history. However there are just too many flaws in this book to thorough...
1/30/2011 ** Well, I'm supposed to be doing lesson plans, but instead I'm 'productively procrastinating' by typing my comments about INVICTUS. I actually hadn't known this was a book when we saw the movie. I've had a long-time interest in Mandela and South Africa's journey in the last decades. My...
How a leader does it. Politics at its best.
12 years ago
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