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'This meticulous and compelling analysis reveals the Zimbabwean government's violent manipulation of its democratic structures under Robert Mugabe, whose status of heroic liberator was subsumed by that of brutal oppressor. It is troubling but essential reading for both generalists and specialists.' Anne Digby, Oxford Brookes University 'This book provides for the first time a detailed and comprehensive analysis of all elections in Zimbabwe since the country's independence in 1980. It shows convincingly how the Mugabe regime used politically motivated violence to cling to power. At the same time terror eroded what was left of its democratic legitimation.' Rita Schaefer, Author of In the Shadow of Apartheid 'A courageous, detailed and stimulating historical account of election violence in Zimbabwe. Of special merit is Kwashirai's bravery to tackle one of the hottest and riskiest subjects in Zimbabwe's political terrain. This book is a must-read for everyone fighting for a violence-free democratic world!' Takesure Taringana, University of Zimbabwe 'Recommended.' J. C. Hickman, Choice

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Vimbai Chaumba Kwashirai is Professor of Economic and Environmental History and Marie Curie Research Fellow at Basel University, Switzerland, and an Associate at the University of Zimbabwe and the Rachel Carson Center, Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany. His research concerns the interface of human economic, ecological and political activities, specifically in modern Zimbabwe, and Africa more generally. He is the recipient of ten prestigious research awards, including the Carson, Humboldt and Leverhulme Fellowships. He has previously published Green Colonialism in Zimbabwe, 1890-1980 (2009) and Zimbabwe: Poverty, Poverty, and Poverty (2010).

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