Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit by Hennie van Vuuren (English) Hardco

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Apartheid Guns and Money by Hennie van Vuuren, Hennie Vuuren Exposes the secret global network that profited from apartheid. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In its last decades, the apartheid regime was confronted with an existential threat. While internal resistance to the last whites-only government grew, mandatory international sanctions prohibited sales of strategic goods and arms to South Africa. To counter this, a global covert network of nearly fifty countries was built. In complete secrecy, allies in corporations, banks, governments and intelligence agencies across the world helped illegally supply guns and move cash in one of historys biggest money laundering schemes. Whistleblowers were assassinated and ordinary people suffered. Weaving together archival material, interviews and newly declassified documents, Apartheid Guns and Money exposes some of the darkest secrets of apartheids economic crimes, their murderous consequences, and those who profited: heads of state, arms dealers, aristocrats, bankers, spies, journalists and secret lobbyists. These revelations, and the difficult questions they pose, will force the new South Africa-and all who were complicit-to confront the past and be held to account. Author Biography Hennie van Vuuren is a researcher and anti-corruption activist. Formerly director at the Institute for Security Studies, he is director of Open Secrets, a non-profit seeking private sector accountability for economic crime and related human rights violations. He is co-author of The Devil in the Detail: How the Arms Deal Changed Everything. Table of Contents Introduction: On the Trail of Profit THE SECRET STATE Securocrats, Sanctions and Assassinations The Secret Economy Oil and Other Foreign Affairs BANKING ON APARTHEID Bunkers, Bankers and Gold The Arms Money Machine THE BIG FIVE France The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe The United States of America The United Kingdom The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) PROXIES, PLAYERS ADN PARIAHS Proxies and Other Players Pariahs THE LONG SHADOW The Long Shadow Acknowledgements Endnotes Bibliography Index Review Van Vuurens monumental work is a gripping story of conspiracy, assassination, bribery and two-faced global dishonesty . . . [he] methodically and relentlessly exposes what he calls the arms money machine.Its not very often that a book really reshapes our perception of an issue, but Hennie van Vuurens "Apartheid Guns and Money" is one . . . the result of a decade of meticulous, painstaking work . . . [it] is a compelling and convincing narrative.Apartheid Guns and Money is a must read for any researcher aiming to learn more about the global politico-economic arrangements which sustained apartheid in South Africa for decades. -- African Studies Quarterly[Apartheid Guns and Money is an] extraordinary compilation and analysis of the deep layers of state crime. -- State Crime JournalProbably the single most important book that has been written about South Africa for the last twenty years. -- Professor Achille MbembeThis book was long overdue. Hennie van Vuuren follows the money and the weapons and thereby shines light on the role of Western enablers in keeping the South African Apartheid-regime in power. Corrupt Western banks, arms companies and governments helped to bust sanctions, to buy arms and oil and thereby became the driver for the conflict. Van Vuuren makes sure that the shame of the past will haunt them. -- Frederik Obermaier, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their MoneyVan Vuuren shows that the struggle against corruption is indeed a human rights struggle and that, as we know from South Africas own history, it can be won. But it must be fought for. * Jacob Dlamini, author of Askari *A labour of political passion, this admirably well researched book is a must-read. Its most important achievement is to show that illicit trade does not occur in some parallel realm detached from corporate boardrooms and governments; it is stitched into the fabric of everyday statecraft and the exercise of power. -- Jonny Steinberg, Professor of African Studies, Oxford UniversityThis important book seeks to uncover one of the key secrets of the last decades of the apartheid era. [Its] a timely reminder that the founding values of our new Constitution are key to building a democracy. -- Justice Kate ORegan, former judge of the Constitutional Court of South AfricaThis is a crucial book at a vital time in our history. It is a must read! -- Andrew Feinstein, former ANC MP, and author of The Shadow World Review Quote "van Vuuren shows that the struggle against corruption is indeed a human rights struggle and that, as we know from South Africas own history, it can be won. But it must be fought for." -- Jacob Dlamini, author of Askari "This is a crucial book at a vital time in our history. It is a must read!"-- Andrew Feinstein, former ANC MP, and author of The Shadow World "This important book seeks to uncover one of the key secrets of the last decades of the apartheid era. [Its] a timely reminder that the founding values of our new Constitution are key to building a democracy."-- Justice Kate ORegan, former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Details ISBN1787380971 ISBN-10 1787380971 ISBN-13 9781787380974 Format Hardcover Pages 640 Publisher C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Imprint C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Subtitle A Tale of Profit Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 305.800968 Year 2018 Publication Date 2018-11-01 Short Title Apartheid Guns and Money Language English UK Release Date 2018-11-01 NZ Release Date 2018-11-01 Author Hennie Vuuren Audience General AU Release Date 2018-10-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! 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