A review by ljrinaldi
Mandela and the General by John Carlin

5.0

There so many books about Nelson Mandela, as this is the 100th anniversary of his birth, and for those of us that lived during the time that he was released, and then moved on to become president, we may not know all the things that happened, as this is such recent history.

And, as an American, I was even further removed from all the nuances of what happened.

This book follows how, once Nelson was released, the retired general, Constand Viljoen, former chief of apartheid South Africa’s military, came between Nelson and the white nationals who did not want to give of white rule. He was really wanted to be left out, but realized, once he was asked, that he had to stop what could have been a blood bath.




Amazing story. Well written.

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