Playing the Enemy Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
by Carlin, JohnEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-07-28
Publisher(s): Penguin Books
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Summary
In 1985, Nelson Mandela, then in prison for twenty-three years, set about winning over the fiercest proponents of apartheid before setting his sights on the nation's first free elections in 1994. But perhaps his greatest hurdle was finding a cause that would unite the nation, fractured after fifty years of apartheid. His choice was one of the most far-fetched imaginable: the Springboks, their national rugby team, long an embodiment of white supremacist rule.
Author Biography
John Carlin is senior international writer for El Pa+¡s, the world-'s leading Spanish language newspaper, and was previously the U.S. bureau chief for The Independent on Sunday. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, Wired, Spin, and Conde Nast Traveler.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Breakfast In Houghton | p. 7 |
| The Minister of Justice | p. 19 |
| Separate Amenities | p. 37 |
| Bagging The Croc | p. 49 |
| Different Planets | p. 61 |
| Ayatollah Mandela | p. 75 |
| The Tiger King | p. 93 |
| The Mask | p. 105 |
| The Bitter-Enders | p. 121 |
| Romancing The General | p. 133 |
| "Address Their Hearts" | p. 145 |
| The Captain And The President | p. 159 |
| Springbok Serenade | p. 171 |
| Silvermine | p. 183 |
| Doubting Thomases | p. 191 |
| The Number Six Jersey | p. 201 |
| "Nelson! Nelson!" | p. 213 |
| Blood In The Throat | p. 227 |
| Love Thine Enemy | p. 241 |
| Epilogue | p. 255 |
| Where Are They Now? | p. 259 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 263 |
| A Note on Sources | p. 265 |
| Index | p. 267 |
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