{"product_id":"9780799397307","title":"Operation Mandela","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow Mandela ruled from prison\u003cbr\u003eThe late eighties was a highly politicised environment. Willem Laubscher was healing some of the world's best-known political prisoners, amongst them Walter Sisulu and Govan Mbeki. When Nelson Mandela was scheduled for a similar operation, all hell broke loose.\u003cbr\u003eThe National Party was quietly plotting to smuggle Mandela out of the country, possibly hoping that he would escape, while the ANC was scoring points by casting doubt on the medical services that white doctors like Laubscher was willing to provide to the political prisoners.\u003cbr\u003eA relatively simple medical operation turned into an international diplomatic crisis.\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, in most ironic of twists, the security police was taking desperate measures to ensure Mandela's safety - the country could simply not afford an assassination attempt.\u003cbr\u003eWillem Laubscher was the medical practitioner in the eye of this storm; Nelson Mandela was the calm strategist who had held out against pressure from both the jittery NP government and the increasingly boisterous ANC, with Winnie Mandela already larger than life, stoking the media and exploiting every available loophole to embarrass the government.\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of a few weeks of diplomatic chaos, and a security operation that completely overshadowed the medical procedure Mandela was scheduled for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Willem+Laubscher\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eWillem Laubscher\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Willem Laubscher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377216798883,"sku":"9780799397307","price":250.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780799397307_a0e306c4-0c38-421b-9518-8c92254c69eb.jpg?v=1776515330","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780799397307","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}