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Adam Roberts The Wonga Coup (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Wonga CoupCondition: NewSubtitle: Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of AfricaISBN-10: 1586485008EAN: 9781586485009ISBN: 9781586485009Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.Format: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/28/2007Description: Equatorial Guinea is a tiny country roughly the size of the state of Maryland. Humid, jungle covered, and rife with unpleasant diseases, natives call it Devil Island. Its president in 2004, Obiang Nguema, had been accused of cannibalism, belief in witchcraft, mass murder, billiondollar corruption, and general rule by terror. With so little to recommend it, why in March 2004 was Equatorial Guinea the target of a group of salty British, South African and Zimbabwean mercenaries, travelling on an American-registered ex-National Guard plane specially adapted for military purposes, that was originally flown to Africa by American pilots? The real motive lay deep below the ocean floor: oil. In The Dogs of War , Frederick Forsyth effectively described an attempt by mercenaries to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea , in 1972. And the chain of events surrounding the night of March 7, 2004, is a rare case of life imitating art,or, at least, life imitating a 1970s thriller,in almost uncanny detail. With a cast of characters worthy of a remake of Wild Geese and a plot as mazy as it was unlikely, The Wonga Coup is a tale of venality, overarching vanity and greed whose example speaks to the problems of the entire African continent.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 210mmItem Length: 140mmAuthor: Adam RobertsGenre: HistoryRelease Year: 2007 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Publication Name: The Wonga Coup

Title: The Wonga Coup

Subtitle: Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an

ISBN-10: 1586485008

EAN: 9781586485009

ISBN: 9781586485009

Release Date: 08/28/2007

Release Year: 2007

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Book Title: Wonga Coup : Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa

Number of Pages: 320 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Public Affairs

Item Height: 0.9 in

Topic: Corruption & Misconduct, Africa / West, Asia / General, Military / General, History & Theory, International Relations / General, World / African

Publication Year: 2007

Genre: Political Science, History

Item Weight: 10.2 Oz

Author: Adam Roberts

Item Length: 8.2 in

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Perfect

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