{"product_id":"catastrophe","title":"Catastrophe","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo one in 1980 could have guessed that Zimbabwe would become a failed state on such a monumental and tragic scale. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this incisive and revealing book, Richard Bourne shows how a country which had every prospect of success when it achieved a delayed independence in 1980 became a brutal police state with hyperinflation, collapsing life expectancy and abandonment by a third of its citizens less than thirty years later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with the British conquest of Zimbabwe and covering events up to the present precarious political situation, this is the most comprehensive, up-to-date and readable account of the ongoing crisis. Bourne shows that Zimbabwe's tragedy is not just about Mugabe's 'evil' but about history, Africa today and the world's attitudes towards them.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833560248525,"sku":"9781848135215","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_0bdd0897-d9cb-46e6-b6bb-73784d18120c.jpg?v=1790888577","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/catastrophe","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}