Ending autocracy, enabling democracy : the tribulations of Southern Africa, 1960-2000 / Robert I. Rotberg.

Engaging, explaining, entreating Southern Africa -- Part 1. The new Africa : euphoria, kleptomania, and charisma -- Decolonization and the debut of democracy and authoritarianism -- From settler Rhodesia to Arican Zimbabwe -- Zambia: promise foregone -- The battle for Southern Africa : Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, and Namibia -- Making the further transition to democracy -- Grandiosity and greed : Zimbabwe -- Part 2. Freeing South Africa from the yoke of Apartheid -- Separate development and other Apartheid contortions -- Divestment and disinvestment -- Mailed fist and velvet glove -- The townships erupt -- The demise of Apartheid -- Freedom and independence -- Mandela and Mbeki -- Part 3. Conclusion -- Establishing democracy and encouraging prosperity in Southern Africa and Africa -- Postscript -- Opinion pieces, 1960-2000.