A review by lenni
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe by Peter Godwin

4.0

This book fell into my lap just as the non-coup against Mugabe was happening. A fascinating, terrifying book about the 2008 elections in which, through terror and torture, Mugabe forcibly prevented a run-off election after his party rigged it for him to win. Voter suppression at its most brutal. Fair warning: the book assumes a baseline knowledge of the history and politics of Zimbabawe.