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OverviewA Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It is the story of Paul Kagame, a refugee who, after a generation of exile, found his way home. Learn about President Kagame, who strives to make Rwanda the first middle-income country in Africa, in a single generation. In this adventurous tale, learn about Kagame's early fascination with Che Guevara and James Bond, his years as an intelligence agent, his training in Cuba and the United States, the way he built his secret rebel army, his bloody rebellion, and his outsized ambitions for Rwanda. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen KinzerPublisher: Turner Publishing Company Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Ltd Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.666kg ISBN: 9780470120156ISBN 10: 0470120150 Pages: 349 Publication Date: 17 July 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews...tells a remarkable tale about a remarkable man. The Economist Saturday 23 August 2008 Stephen Kinzer recreates the battles between the RPF and the Rwandan government forces in vivid detail. The National Thursday 10 July 2008 Author InformationStephen Kinzer is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has worked in more than fifty countries on five continents. He has been New York Times bureau chief in Istanbul, Berlin, and Managua, Nicaragua. He is the coauthor of Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala , and author of Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua; Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds; All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror; and Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq . His Web site is www.stephenkinzer.com. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |