The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe

By Peter Godwin

Categories: History, Politics & Social Sciences

The Fear is a 2011 book by Zimbabwe-born journalist Peter Godwin. Godwin reports on the violent campaign of intimidation Robert Mugabe's regime waged after losing the 2008 election.

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• Fareed Zakaria: “This week's "Book of the Week" is terrific. Peter Godwin's "The Fear." It's a beautifully written, harrowing account of the ruination of a country. The country is Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia, where Godwin was born. The year is 2008. That's when the nation's long time tyrannical ruler Robert Mugabe lost an election and brutalized his nation as punishment.”