Description: Equatorial Guinea is a tiny country roughly the size 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 everything from cannibalism, belief in witchcraft, mass murder, billion-dollar corruption, and terrorism. With so little to recommend it, why in March 2004 was it the target of a group of salty British, South African, and Zimbabwean mercenaries, traveling on an American-registered ex-National Guard plane? The real motive? Oil. In The Dogs of War, Frederick Forsyth described a 1972 attempt by mercenaries to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea. The chain of events surrounding March 7, 2004 is a rare case of life imitating art-or at least, life imitating a 1970s thriller-in almost uncanny detail. The Wonga Coup is a shocking tale of venality, overarching vanity, and greed whose example speaks to the problems of the entire African continent.
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EAN: 9781586485009
UPC: 9781586485009
ISBN: 9781586485009
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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
Publication Year: 2007
Topic: Corruption & Misconduct, Africa / West, Asia / General, Military / General, History & Theory, International Relations / General, World / African
Item Height: 0.9 in
Genre: Political Science, History
Item Weight: 10.2 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Adam Roberts
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Perfect
