Coming to Terms: South Africa's Search for Truth

By Martin Meredith

Book Overview

Coming to Terms is a groundbreaking consideration of a country's attempts to put a troubled history behind it and reach a new stage of development. Martin Meredith takes an unprecedented look into the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891620339
• ISBN13: 9781891620331
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Coming to Terms: Pleasantly disturbing

This book started out as just a piece for my research paper on South African Aparthied, but it soon turned into one of my favorites! It disturbed me a bit to hear about some of the autrocities, but I attribute that to a good description by the author and good research. It was an excellent source for my paper, and I enjoyed reading it as well. I don't recommend it for everyone because it drones in some parts, but it is a good read for those interested in Apartheid, learning more about Sout Africa, and the traveller.

The painful truth

Martin Meredith's COMING TO TERMS is a well constructed description of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa and forces nations to look at themselves and consider the fact that their actions of today will linger on forever.