Pm sampson biography books

Not to be confused with Nelson Mandela: A Biography or Long Walk to Freedom.

Mandela: The Authorised Biography is a study of Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa, by the British journalist Anthony Sampson.

Mandela : The Authorised Biography - Anthony Sampson ...

Sampson's book was published in 1999, five years after Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom. The book was one of the first to examine such issues as Winnie Mandela's crimes, and State PresidentFrederik Willem de Klerk's suspected attempts to use the security forces to derail peace talks.

De Klerk and the Third Force

Sampson said that de Klerk had exacerbated the violence in several ways.

De Klerk was reportedly ignoring the violence of the Zulu-nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) when directed against ANC (and vice versa), in the hope of splitting anti-apartheid forces. De Klerk also permitted Inkatha supporters to carry "traditional weapons" in their rallies, with which they caused much injury. Sampso Mandela: The Authorised Biography by Anthony Sampson - Goodreads CUCIS