Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia - The Tragedy of Longevity

Klappentext President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia was an Arab leader greatly admired in the West for his moderation and level headedness. He led his small country to independence after a prolonged struggle against the French coloniser. He suffered long periods of deprivation and imprisonment before he acceded to supreme rule. His country has much to thank him for but he ruled too long and ended his reign in the tragedy of senility and absolutism. This book is a sympathetic study of a long and fascinating life. Zusammenfassung President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia was an Arab leader greatly admired in the West for his moderation and level headedness. He suffered long periods of deprivation and imprisonment before he acceded to supreme rule. His country has much to thank him for but he ruled too long and ended his reign in the tragedy of senility and absolutism.

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• Authors: Dere Hopwood, Derek Hopwood, Derek (Fellow Hopwood, Derek Terry Hopwood, Hopwood Derek, Kenneth A Loparo, Kenneth A. Loparo, Sue Mi Terry
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.1992
• EAN: 9780333572627
• ISBN: 978-0-333-57262-7
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: St Antony's Series; Tragedy of Longevity; St Antony's Series; St Antony's; Tragedy of Longevity
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, Asiatische Geschichte, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, Biography / Autobiography