Coming to terms - Martin Meredith

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Title
Coming to terms - South Africa's search for truth
Author
Martin Meredith
format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Perseus
Language
English
UK Publication Date
20011130

"Coming to Terms" is a groundbreaking consideration of a country's attempts to put a troubled history behind it and reach a new stage of development. Martin Meredith takes an unprecedented look into the key cases presented to the commission - both those involving well-known figures such as Stephen Biko and Winnie Mandela, and those that deal with the routine violence and torture that shaped the lives of average South Africans. In vivid narrative and dramatic testimony he brings to life many stories of individuals - heroes, villains, and those who fell uneasily into the grey area in between - as well as the larger story of a country attempting to move beyond a legacy of violence.;Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tina Rosenberg then takes a more global look at how nations must deal with a repressive past, drawing on her own conversations with victims and victimizers in more than a decade of reporting from Latin America, Eastern Europe, South Africa and Bosnia. She evaluates the strategies different countries have tried in the name of truth and justice, and looks at controversial international developments that open exciting new possibilities for countries wishing to hold past dictators accountable for their crimes.;The only book to offer a complete and even-handed account of the work and the moral issues raised by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, "Coming to Terms" is useful reading for anyone interested in South Africa, human rights, or the evolution of democracy.

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Type
BOOK
Keyword Index
Human rights - South Africa.|South Africa - History - 1961-|South Africa - Politics and government - 1994-
Country of Publication
Massachusetts
Number of Pages
400

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