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Drinking with Ghosts: The Aftermath of Apartheid's Dirty War

Drinking with Ghosts: The Aftermath of Apartheid's Dirty War

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Veteran journalist Michael Schmidt explores of the dark corners of South Africa's past, tracing the strains of secrecy, violence, and abuse of privilege that reverberate even today in the country's deeply unequal society. The book is also a testament to Schmidt's career as a journalist: his uncompromising quest to uncover the truth in what he finds shines through on every page.
CONTENTS:
* The Terrorist Impulse of the Dirty War.
* UNHALE RADIANCE: THE AFRICAN ATOMIC BOMB.
* Seeking the Holy of Holies.
* The Rogue Proliferators.
* Coda: Temptation of the Spooks.
* A FUNNY SMELL: BIOCHEMWAR AND THE DEATH SQUADS.
* A Bone-Deep Chill.
* The Chemistry Set.
* Plausible Deniability: Proxy War.
* Coda: Birds of a Feather.
* THE LONG SHADOW: EXPORTING WAR ... AND PEACE.
* The Chief Is Dead: Dividends of the Bush War.
* Neighbourhood Bully ... or Bravo?
* Terrorists and Horseshoes.
* Coda: Springboard.
* FORENSIC MEDITATIONS: MASSACRE AND MEMORY.
* Murder at Arm's Length.
* Murder Up Close.
* Let This Cup Pass.
* Homegrown Homicide.
* Coda: Homecoming.
* EPITAPH: BREAKING OUR PACT OF FORGETTING.
* Paper Holocausts.
* Drums of Bones.
* Coda: The Daylight or the Ghosts?

Author(s): Michael Schmidt
Publication year: 2014
Publication date: 2014-11-15
Pages: 391
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Best Red, an imprint of HSRC Press
ISBN: 9781928246008
Dimensions: 14.1 x 2.39 x 21.69 cm
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