Annabel Hughes, Washington Times
...shines a light on a country that is being systematically destroyed by a dictatorial regime...

Book Description
How could Zimbabwe, once hailed as an African success story, descend into such madness? The Battle For Zimbabwe is based on interviews with hundreds of Zimbabweans and takes readers behind the scenes of government and opposition politics, the farm invasions, the presidential elections, the torture and murder of thousands of people, and the unjust enrichment of the ruling elite. What's really going on in Zimbabwe? To fully understand, readers would need direct experience with events on the ground, and understanding of the country and its history and access to the opinions of the government, the opposition, and ordinary Zimbabweans. Seasoned journalist Geoff Hill provides readers with all this and more, in The Battle For Zimbabwe, an insightful, comprehensive and fascinating account of this extraordinary. A lively narrative of Zimbabwe's history paves the way for understanding the present situation in a nation once hailed as an African success story. In a blow-by-blow report on events of the recent years, the author takes readers behind the scenes in the governing ZANU-PF party, the land invasions, the rigged presidential elections, the massacre of thousands of Zimbabweans and the ruling elite which has enriched itself at the expense of its suffering people. In interviews with ordinary citizens of Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF members, opposition supporters, torture victims and exiles, a picture emerges of a country torn apart by its violent past, its oppressed present and its uncertain future. While politicians in Africa, Washington and London debate a political solution to the problems of Zimbabwe, its people face poverty, starvation and hardship. Dissenters are tortured, imprisoned or forced to flee for their lives; more than 3 million Zimbabweans are living in exile. Yet shining through the gripping, often harrowing narrative, is the Zimbabwean people's abiding love for their beautiful but tormented land. In the deadly battle for the future, it is their story that is told here. Thoroughly researched and boldly written, The Battle For Zimbabwe is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand one of the world's great modern tragedies...and what it will take to rebuild the nation.

About the Author
Geoff Hill grew up in Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe. In 1980, he joined the Manica Post newspaper on the border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and, after the nationalization of the press in 1982, he moved to Autralia and spent 8 years with Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. He is currently Africa correspondent for the Washington Times.