Catastrophe

Richard Bourne is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London University, and a former journalist. He has written and a number of books, including Nigeria: A New History of a Turbulent Century (Zed, 2015).

• Glossary of Acronyms, Personalities, OrganisationsTimelinePreface and AcknowledgementsPrologue: Two Birthdays1. Conquest2. White Supremacy and the Settler State3. From UDI to Lancaster House4. ZANU in Power - the 1980s5. The 1990s - When the Wheels Began to Fall Off6. Disaster Years, and the Third Chimurenga7. From Operation Murambatsvina to an Inclusive Government8. How Did it Go Wrong?Select Bibliography

Richard Bourne expertly lays bare Mugabe's terrifying abuse of power-- his path from liberator to destroyer-- as well as charting the failures by Britain and the world to challenge him effectively.