{"product_id":"a-complicated-war-the-harrowing-of-mozambique-paperback","title":"A Complicated War: The Harrowing of Mozambique - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Finnegan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowerful, instructive, and full of humanity, this book challenges the current understanding of the war that has turned Mozambique-a naturally rich country-into the world's poorest nation. Before going to Mozambique, William Finnegan saw the war, like so many foreign observers, through a South African lens, viewing the conflict as apartheid's \"forward defense.\" This lens was shattered by what he witnessed and what he heard from Mozambicans, especially those who had lived with the \u003ci\u003ebandidos armado\u003c\/i\u003e, the \"armed bandits\" otherwise known as the Renamo rebels. The shifting, wrenching, ground-level stories that people told combine to form an account of the war more local and nuanced, more complex, more \u003ci\u003eAfrican\u003c\/i\u003e-than anything that has been politically convenient to describe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Complicated War\u003c\/i\u003e combines frontline reporting, personal narrative, political analysis, and comparative scholarship to present a picture of a Mozambique harrowed by profound local conflicts-ethnic, religious, political and personal. Finnegan writes that South Africa's domination and destabilization are basic elements of Mozambique's plight, but he offers a subtle description and analysis that will allow us to see the post-apartheid region from a new, more realistic, if less comfortable, point of view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A brilliant, sometimes devastating eyewitness report of the civil war, sponsored by South Africa, that has killed a million Mozambicans.' --New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Finnegan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eCrossing the Line: A Year in the Land of Apartheid\u003c\/i\u003e (1986) and \u003ci\u003eDateline Soweto: Travels with Black South African Reporters\u003c\/i\u003e (1988). He is a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 325\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 8.56 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45424635052134,"sku":"9780520082663","price":70.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/L2UzT2thODhFUnVSUlZHRTh4ci9Jdz09.webp?v=1775599262","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/a-complicated-war-the-harrowing-of-mozambique-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}