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• catalog abstract ""The Life of Nelson Mandela is one of the most extraordinary epics of the twentieth century. An almost-forgotten prisoner on Robben Island twenty years ago, apparently doomed to a helpless existence as a victim of apartheid, he not only survived but almost single-handedly saved South Africa from potential chaos, to become one of the most widely admired leaders in the world. Mandela's myth is dazzling; in this biography Anthony Sampson penetrates it to show us the man himself."--Jacket. "Mandela is filled with new insights and information. We see how prison, which he and his fellow inmates turned into a kind of unofficial university, gradually transformed Mandela from a headstrong activist into a reflective and consummately skilled statesman. We learn how British and American diplomats cold-shouldered him when support was desperately needed, and about the political infighting, sometimes vicious, that went on between anti-apartheid factions. Particularly fascinating is Sampson's narrative of the incredible negotiations leading to Mandela's release from prison and the eventual collapse of the white regime, when his colleagues feared that he was selling out to the government."--Jacket. "At every turn, this book sheds fresh light on the moral dilemmas that Mandela was forced to face again and again in his personal and public lives. In the struggle for freedom for South African blacks, he paid a tragic price, becoming alienated from his wife and remote from his children. Yet he famously retained his humanity, and while Sampson does not conceal Mandela's failings - his stubbornness, his fixed loyalties, his princely manners and detachment - the man who emerges is authentically heroic."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11424654.
• catalog coverage "South Africa Politics and government 20th century.".
• catalog created "1999.".
• catalog date "1999".
• catalog date "1999.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
• catalog description ""At every turn, this book sheds fresh light on the moral dilemmas that Mandela was forced to face again and again in his personal and public lives. In the struggle for freedom for South African blacks, he paid a tragic price, becoming alienated from his wife and remote from his children. Yet he famously retained his humanity, and while Sampson does not conceal Mandela's failings - his stubbornness, his fixed loyalties, his princely manners and detachment - the man who emerges is authentically heroic."--Jacket.".
• catalog description ""Mandela is filled with new insights and information. We see how prison, which he and his fellow inmates turned into a kind of unofficial university, gradually transformed Mandela from a headstrong activist into a reflective and consummately skilled statesman. We learn how British and American diplomats cold-shouldered him when support was desperately needed, and about the political infighting, sometimes vicious, that went on between anti-apartheid factions. Particularly fascinating is Sampson's narrative of the incredible negotiations leading to Mandela's release from prison and the eventual collapse of the white regime, when his colleagues feared that he was selling out to the government."--Jacket.".
• catalog description ""The Life of Nelson Mandela is one of the most extraordinary epics of the twentieth century. An almost-forgotten prisoner on Robben Island twenty years ago, apparently doomed to a helpless existence as a victim of apartheid, he not only survived but almost single-handedly saved South Africa from potential chaos, to become one of the most widely admired leaders in the world. Mandela's myth is dazzling; in this biography Anthony Sampson penetrates it to show us the man himself."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [579]-649) and index.".
• catalog description "Map: Apartheid South Africa -- Prologue: The Last Hero -- Country Boy: 1918-1934 -- Mission Boy: 1934-1940 -- Big City: 1941-1945 -- Afrikaners vs. Africans: 1946-1949 -- Nationalists vs. Communists: 1950-1951 -- Defiance: 1952 -- Lawyer and Revolutionary: 1952-1954 -- The Meaning of Freedom: 1953-1956 -- Treason and Winnie: 1956-1957 -- Dazzling Contender: 1957-1959 -- The Revolution That Wasn't: 1960 -- Violence: 1961 -- Last Fling: 1962 -- Crime and Punishment: 1963-1964 -- Master of My Fate: 1964-1971 -- Steeled and Hardened: 1971-1976 -- Lady into Amazon: 1962-1976 -- The Shadowy Presence: 1964-1976 -- Black Consciousness: 1976-1978 -- Prison Charisma: 1976-1982 -- A Family Apart: 1977-1980 -- Prison Within a Prison: 1978-1982 -- Insurrection: 1982-1985 -- Ungovernability: 1986-1988 -- The Lost Leader: 1983-1988 -- "Something Horribly Wrong": 1987-1989 -- Prisoner vs. President: 1989-1990 -- Myth and Man -- Revolution to Cooperation -- Third Force -- Exit Winnie -- Negotiating -- Election -- Governing -- The Glorified Perch -- Forgiving -- Withdrawing -- Graca -- Mandela's World -- Mandela's Country -- Image and Reality.".
• catalog extent "xxvi, 672 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Mandela.".
• catalog identifier "0375400192".
• catalog isFormatOf "Mandela.".
• catalog issued "1999".
• catalog issued "1999.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House,".
• catalog relation "Mandela.".
• catalog spatial "South Africa Politics and government 20th century.".
• catalog spatial "South Africa".
• catalog subject "968.06/5/092 B 21".
• catalog subject "DT1974 .S26 1999".
• catalog subject "Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.".
• catalog subject "Presidents South Africa Biography.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Map: Apartheid South Africa -- Prologue: The Last Hero -- Country Boy: 1918-1934 -- Mission Boy: 1934-1940 -- Big City: 1941-1945 -- Afrikaners vs. Africans: 1946-1949 -- Nationalists vs. Communists: 1950-1951 -- Defiance: 1952 -- Lawyer and Revolutionary: 1952-1954 -- The Meaning of Freedom: 1953-1956 -- Treason and Winnie: 1956-1957 -- Dazzling Contender: 1957-1959 -- The Revolution That Wasn't: 1960 -- Violence: 1961 -- Last Fling: 1962 -- Crime and Punishment: 1963-1964 -- Master of My Fate: 1964-1971 -- Steeled and Hardened: 1971-1976 -- Lady into Amazon: 1962-1976 -- The Shadowy Presence: 1964-1976 -- Black Consciousness: 1976-1978 -- Prison Charisma: 1976-1982 -- A Family Apart: 1977-1980 -- Prison Within a Prison: 1978-1982 -- Insurrection: 1982-1985 -- Ungovernability: 1986-1988 -- The Lost Leader: 1983-1988 -- "Something Horribly Wrong": 1987-1989 -- Prisoner vs. President: 1989-1990 -- Myth and Man -- Revolution to Cooperation -- Third Force -- Exit Winnie -- Negotiating -- Election -- Governing -- The Glorified Perch -- Forgiving -- Withdrawing -- Graca -- Mandela's World -- Mandela's Country -- Image and Reality.".
• catalog title "Mandela : the authorized biography / Anthony Sampson.".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "text".