Mandela: The Authorised Biography (ISBN 0-00-638845-0) is a study of Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa, by the late journalist Anthony Sampson.
Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, revealed little of certain major episodes in Mandela's life. Mandela was once regarded as a terrorist but he is now regarded as uncontroversial. Sampson's book was one of the first to examine such issues as Winnie Mandela's crimes, and Stat...
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Mandela: The Authorised Biography (ISBN 0-00-638845-0) is a study of Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa, by the late journalist Anthony Sampson.
Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, revealed little of certain major episodes in Mandela's life. Mandela was once regarded as a terrorist but he is now regarded as uncontroversial. Sampson's book was one of the first to examine such issues as Winnie Mandela's crimes, and State President Frederik Willem de Klerk's suspected attempts to use the security forces to derail peace talks.
Sampson said that de Klerk had exacerbated the violence in several ways. De Klerk was reportedly ignoring the violence of the Zulu-nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) when directed against ANC (and vice versa), in the hope of splitting anti-apartheid forces. De Klerk also permitted Inkatha supporters to carry "traditional weapons" in their rallies, with which they caused much injury. Sampson cited an occasion where the ANC tipped off...
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