Mandela : a critical life /
Tom Lodge.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- xix, 274 p., [8] p. de lam. : il., mapas ; 20 cm.
Bibliografía: p. [262]-264. Indice.
Childhood and upbringing -- Becoming a notable -- Volunteer-in-chief -- Making a messiah -- Trials -- Prisoner 46664 -- Leading from prison -- Messianic politics and the transition to democracy -- Embodying the nation.
Offers insights about the shaping of Nelson Mandela's personality and public persona, from his childhood days and early activism, through his long years of imprisonment, to his presidency of the new South Africa. This book emphasizes the crucial interplay between Mandela's public career and his personal or private world.