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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Carlin, John, 1956-     Subjects     Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.     Springboks (Rugby team) -- History.     Political prisoners -- South Africa -- Biography.     Presidents -- South Africa -- Biography.     South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Carlin, John, 1956-       by title:      Playing the enemy : ...       by call number:      968.065 C282p     Search the Web     Carlin, John, 1956-     Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.     Springboks (Rugby team) -- History.     Political prisoners -- South Africa -- Biography.     Presidents -- South Africa -- Biography.     South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Playing the enemy : Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation / John Carlin. by Carlin, John, 1956- Penguin Press, 2008. Call #: 968.065 C282p Subjects Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.   Springboks (Rugby team) -- History.   Political prisoners -- South Africa -- Biography.   Presidents -- South Africa -- Biography.   South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century. URL856 Contributor biographical information URL856 Publisher description ISBN:  9781594201745 1594201749 Description:  274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 265) and index. Contents:  Breakfast in Houghton -- The Minister of Justice -- Separate amenities -- Bagging the croc -- Different planets -- Ayatollah Mandela -- The tiger king -- The mask -- The bitter-enders -- Romancing the general -- "Address their hearts" -- The captain and the president -- Springbok Serenade -- Silvermine -- Doubting Thomases -- The number six jersey -- "Nelson! Nelson!" -- Blood in the throat -- Love thine enemy -- Where are they now? Summary:  In 1985, Nelson Mandela, then in prison for 23 years, set about winning over the fiercest proponents of apartheid, from his jailers to the head of South Africa's military. First he earned his freedom and then he won the presidency in the nation's first free election in 1994. But he knew that South Africa was still dangerously divided. If he couldn't unite his country in a visceral, emotional way--and fast--it would collapse into chaos. He would need all the charisma and strategic acumen he had honed during half a century of activism, and he'd need a cause all South Africans could share. Mandela picked one of the more farfetched causes imaginable--the national rugby team, the Springboks, who would host the sport's World Cup in 1995. Author Carlin, former South Africa bureau chief for the London Independent, offers a portrait of the greatest statesman of our time in action.--From publisher description. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 968.065 C282p Adult books Checked out Aug 13, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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