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Do not disturb : the story of a political murder and an African regime gone bad / Michela Wrong.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : PublicAffairs, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 488 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781610398428
  • 1610398424
Subject(s):
Contents:
The Cord. An incident at the Michelangelo -- Chronicle of a death foretold -- If at first you don't succeed -- Plots thicken -- The Hoe. My roots are buried here -- Hiding in plain sight -- The Bush war -- On to Kampala -- Band of brothers -- Exodus -- The Gun. The genocide and its aftermath -- The best president Rwanda never had -- I was James Bond -- We have accepted to be dogs -- Spoils of war -- The man is an emperor -- The missile. The plane and other secrets -- Do not disturb -- Song of the stool pigeon -- The inquest -- Regret is an understatement.
Summary: "Following the Rwandan genocide, an idealistic group of young rebels overthrew the brutal regime in Kigali, ushering in an era of peace and stability that made Rwanda the donor darling of the West, winning comparisons with Switzerland and Singapore. But the truth was considerably more sinister. Vividly sourcing her story with direct testimony from key participants, Wrong uses the story of the murder of Patrick Karegeya, once Rwanda's head of external intelligence and a quicksilver operator of supple charm, to paint the portrait of a modern African dictatorship created in the chilling likeness of Paul Kagame, the president who sanctioned his former friend's assassination."-- Amazon.ca.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 967.571 W957 Checked out 06/05/2024 33111009802048
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library NonFiction 967.571 W957 Available 33111009841251
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A powerful investigation into a grisly political murder and the authoritarian regime behind it: Do Not Disturb upends the narrative that Rwanda sold the world after one of the deadliest genocides of the twentieth century.



We think we know the story of Africa's Great Lakes region. Following the Rwandan genocide, an idealistic group of young rebels overthrew the brutal regime in Kigali, ushering in an era of peace and stability that made Rwanda the donor darling of the West, winning comparisons with Switzerland and Singapore. But the truth was considerably more sinister.



Vividly sourcing her story with direct testimony from key participants, Wrong uses the story of the murder of Patrick Karegeya, once Rwanda's head of external intelligence and a quicksilver operator of supple charm, to paint the portrait of a modern African dictatorship created in the chilling likeness of Paul Kagame, the president who sanctioned his former friend's assassination.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-473) and index.

The Cord. An incident at the Michelangelo -- Chronicle of a death foretold -- If at first you don't succeed -- Plots thicken -- The Hoe. My roots are buried here -- Hiding in plain sight -- The Bush war -- On to Kampala -- Band of brothers -- Exodus -- The Gun. The genocide and its aftermath -- The best president Rwanda never had -- I was James Bond -- We have accepted to be dogs -- Spoils of war -- The man is an emperor -- The missile. The plane and other secrets -- Do not disturb -- Song of the stool pigeon -- The inquest -- Regret is an understatement.

"Following the Rwandan genocide, an idealistic group of young rebels overthrew the brutal regime in Kigali, ushering in an era of peace and stability that made Rwanda the donor darling of the West, winning comparisons with Switzerland and Singapore. But the truth was considerably more sinister. Vividly sourcing her story with direct testimony from key participants, Wrong uses the story of the murder of Patrick Karegeya, once Rwanda's head of external intelligence and a quicksilver operator of supple charm, to paint the portrait of a modern African dictatorship created in the chilling likeness of Paul Kagame, the president who sanctioned his former friend's assassination."-- Amazon.ca.

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