{"product_id":"9781848135215","title":"Catastrophe: What Went Wrong in Zimbabwe?","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo one in 1980 could have guessed that Zimbabwe would become a failed state on such a monumental and tragic scale. In this incisive and revealing book, acclaimed writer Richard Bourne shows how a country which had every prospect of success when it achieved a delayed independence in 1980, became a brutal police state with hyperinflation, collapsing life expectancy and abandonment by a third of its citizens less than 30 years later. Beginning with the British conquest of Zimbabwe and covering events up to the present precarious political situation, \u003ci\u003eCatastrophe \u003c\/i\u003eis the most comprehensive, up-to-date  and readable account of the ongoing crisis. Bourne shows that Zimbabwe's tragedy is not just about Mugabe's \"evil,\" but about history, Africa today, and the world's attitudes towards them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zed Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038045651184,"sku":"9781848135215","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781848135215_p0.jpg?v=1769895174","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781848135215","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}