Mozambique: The Tortuous Road to Democracy FROM THE PUBLISHER
Mozambique's civil war was inevitable given the tradition of conflict that had always characterized Frelimo, first as an independence movement, and then as a ruling party. Without disregarding the role played by both Rhodesia and South Africa in the war--in fact providing new and detailed information about it--João Cabrita guides the reader through Frelimo's early days and gives a clear understanding of the pattern of internal dissent, persecution and physical elimination of members and opponents that remained the organization's hallmark.
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At the root of Mozambique's 16-year civil war lay the totalitarian Frelimo regime and the nature of its political, social, and economic program. Cabrita (a news media consultant based in southern Africa) believes the war was inevitable, given the tradition of conflict that always characterized Frelimo, first as an independence movement and later as a ruling party. Relying in part on first-person documents obtained under the US Freedom of Information Act, Cabrita looks at Frelimo's early days as well as the role played in the war by Rhodesia and South Africa. He sheds new light on the emergence of the resistance Renamo movement, the dynamics of the war, and the government's attempts to resolve it militarily, diplomatically, and politically. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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