Seven huge companies which have dominated the world of oil - and all our lives - since Rockerfeller's first gigantic oil monopoly. The series of energy crises in the West in the seventies caused a radical shift of power towards the Arab and Iranian producers: but into whose hands will control of oil fall, or should it fall, in the future?
Historien om Nelson Mandelas liv och verk är en av de stora berättelserna under 1900-talet och en av de mest hoppingivande. För trettio år sedan var Mandela i det närmaste bortglömd i fängelset på Robben Island. Senare blev han en av världens mest beundrade politiska ledare och hans gärningar har påverkat en hel värld. Den brittiske journalisten och författaren Anthony Sampson har följt Mandela sedan 1951. Han har också haft fri tillgång till Mandelas privata papper från fängelsetiden. Sampsons bok sprider nytt ljus över de moraliska dilemman och personliga val som Nelson Mandela tvingades till, både i sitt privata och offentliga liv. Den döljer inte Mandelas egna tillkortakommanden, men visar det pris han fick betala i sin kamp mot apartheid: att leva åtskiljd från dem han älskade.
The Authorised Biography
The author has known Mandela since the 1950s, and has been given complete access to all his personal papers, to Mandela himself, and to his friends and political associates, to write the full story of Mandela's life. In addition to covering his years before, during and after his incarceration, the author assesses Mandela's impact as President on South Africa and the world. He also reveals many features of the apartheid system that have hitherto been hidden, and describes the changing attitudes of big business to the ANC and to Mandela himself. The result is an authoritative biography of one of the greatest men of the 20th century.
A friend of Nelson Mandela for almost 50 years, Sampson presents the most comprehensive and detailed biography of one of South Africa's most notable and politically active leaders. Photos.
This thoroughly revised edition of a classic examines the recent deterioration of democratic representation in Great Britain. New Preface by the Author; Index.
This book concentrates on changes during the 1980s, the decade of unprecedented money-making; but it has a strong historical perspective, including many comparisons to the late 19th century. The book focuses on particular countries - the US, Japan, Britain, China, Latin America and Africa.
Discusses the relationship between international big business and Black political movements in South Africa.
