Wonga Coup: A Tale of Guns, Germs And the Steely Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-rich Corner of Africa
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Wonga Coup: A Tale of Guns, Germs And the Steely Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-rich Corner of Africa
Customer reviews (10)
30 December 2014Fantastic Current History
This is a fantastic story from a reporter from the Economist magazine on an attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea in the early 2000s, which mainly hit the headlines in the US due to the tangential involvement of the son of Margaret Thatcher.
14 November 2013Interesting book about EG
Not that well written but entertaining if you have been to Equatorial Guinea.
6 February 2010Great Reading!
This book reveals the whole true story behind the failed coup.
3 June 20093.5 Stars for a great story that was re-told minimally...
I just finished reading this book a few moments ago.
24 May 2007Great read
Fascinating, humorous, and ultimately human and touching look into a world few of us ever see.
21 March 2007The Pups of War
This is a fun book about aging white mercenaries who plotted to overthrow the dictator of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.
17 February 2007Fantastical Story
This is a quite amazing story, told with wit and verve.
4 February 2007Terrific story, poorly told. 2-3 stars
The Wonga Coup has all the ingredients of a sensational story - conspiracy, action, drama, celebrity names, glamorous lives and terrible misfortune - all true.
11 January 2007annoyingly boring book
I bought this book hoping for a nice story and some insights into a dark corner of Africa.
11 January 2007Fascinating story- How many lives for Obiang?
I first heard news of Simon Mann's arrest in Zimbabwe breaking over the BBC while living in neighboring Zambia.