| A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It CD Edition Contributor(s): Kinzer, Stephen (Author), Boehmer, Paul (Narrated by) |
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ISBN: 1400107814 ISBN-13: 9781400107810 Publisher: Tantor Audio OUR PRICE: $34.19 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: July 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: The bestselling author of All the Shah's Men profiles one of the most successful revolutionaries of the modern era, telling the dramatic story of how he seized power in Rwanda and led this shattered country's astonishing recovery. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State - Biography & Autobiography | Political |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.6" W x 5.2" (0.61 lbs) |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Central Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Paul Kagame grew up as a wretched refugee. He and a group of comrades, determined to force their way back home after a generation of exile, designed one of the most audacious covert operations in the history of clandestine war. Then, after taking power, they amazed the world by stabilizing and reviving their devastated country. Now, as President Kagame, he's obsessed with a single outlandish dream: to make Rwanda the first middle-income country in Africa, and to do it in the space of a single generation. A Thousand Hills tells Kagame's tumultuous life story, including his early fascination with Che Guevara and James Bond, his years as an intelligence agent, his training in Cuba and the United States, the dazzlingly original way he built his secret rebel army, his bloody rebellion, and his outsized ambitions for Rwanda. It is the adventure-filled tale of a visionary who won a war, stopped a genocide, and then set out to turn his country into the star of Africa. Like Ishmael Beah's bestselling A Long Way Gone and Greg Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea, this book recounts the thrilling and uplifting tale of a man who defied the odds to lift himself and his country out of misery toward a more promising future. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kinzer, Stephen: - Stephen Kinzer, an award-winning New York Times correspondent who has reported from more than fifty countries on five continents, is the author of Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq.Boehmer, Paul: - Paul Boehmer is a seasoned actor who has appeared on Broadway, film, and television, including The Thomas Crown Affair and All My Children. Coinciding with another of his passions, sci-fi, Paul has been cast in various roles in many episodes of Star Trek. |