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Saving Nelson Mandela: The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa (Pivotal
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Saving Nelson Mandela: The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa (Pivotal Moments in World History) Hardcover - 2012

by Broun, Kenneth S

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Oxford University Press, USA. Used - Like New. 2012. Hardcover. Fine. Dust Jacket is Like New. (Subject: Africa).
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  • Title Saving Nelson Mandela: The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa (Pivotal Moments in World History)
  • Author Broun, Kenneth S
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 232
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford
  • Date 2012-02-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # C57354
  • ISBN 9780199740222 / 0199740224
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.9 in (23.62 x 15.49 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Southern Africa
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: African
  • Library of Congress subjects Trials (Political crimes and offenses) -, South Africa - History - 1961-1994
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011026021
  • Dewey Decimal Code 968.061

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From the publisher

The question was: would he hang?

In 1963, when South Africa's apartheid government charged Nelson Mandela with planning its overthrow, most observers feared that he would be sentenced to death. But the support he and his fellow activists in the African National Congress received during his trial not only saved his life, but also enabled him to save his country.

In Saving Nelson Mandela, South African law expert Kenneth S. Broun recreates the trial, called the "Rivonia" Trial after the Johannesburg suburb where police seized Mandela. Based upon interviews with many of the case's primary figures and portions of the trial transcript, Broun situates readers inside the courtroom at the imposing Palace of Justice in Pretoria. Here, the trial unfolds through a dramatic narrative that captures the courage of the accused and their defense team, as well as the personal prejudices that colored the entire trial. The Rivonia trial had no jury and only a superficial aura of due process, combined with heavy security that symbolized the apartheid government's system of repression. Broun shows how outstanding advocacy, combined with widespread public support, in fact backfired on apartheid leaders, who sealed their own fate.

Despite his 27-year incarceration, Mandela's ultimate release helped move his country from the racial tyranny of apartheid toward democracy. As documented in this inspirational book, the Rivonia trial was a critical milestone that helped chart the end of Apartheid and the future of a new South Africa.

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  • Choice, 10/01/2012, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 12/01/2011, Page 0

About the author

Kenneth S. Broun is the Henry Brandis Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of North Carolina Law School. Since 1986, he has traveled regularly to South Africa to conduct programs in trial advocacy training through the Black Lawyers Association of South Africa.