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2. Angola's Last Best Chance for Peace- An Insider's Account of the Peace Process

   Angola's Last Best Chance for Peace

   An Insider's Account of the Peace Process:
   • Book by Paul J. Hare and Paul J. (Paul Julian) Hare.
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11. God of the Rodeo- The Quest for Redemption in Louisiana's Angola Prison

    God of the Rodeo

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    • Book by Daniel Bergner.
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29. Modern African Wars (2) - Angola and Mozambique 1961-74 (Men-At-Arms Series, 202)

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Angola's Last Best Chance for Peace- An Insider's Account of the Peace Process

Angola's Last Best Chance for Peace

An Insider's Account of the Peace Process:

• Review:: 'Want to join the Foreign Service? Read this book. Mediation is harder work than the mainstream media is able (or at least willing) to let on. For that reason, a book like this is an invaluable resource for anyone thinking of a career in diplomacy. Historically speaking, Hare's book is outdated, since peace has come, gone, and come again in Angola since it was published in 1998. Nonetheless, it's a valuable study of a crucial period in the country's long road to recovery from civil war, from the perspective of a participant who had an almost-inside view of both camps in the dispute. I'm persuaded that the Angolan reviewers above have a point, that Hare is too much of an outsider to have a complete appreciation of what their country went through. What he does provide completely, though, is an insider's look at the realities of American diplomacy, how it works, and why it doesn't always work quickly. It's a great case study of a difficult case, valuable to students of both African and American politics.

  Angola, still in the midst of a decades-long battle when Hare's work began, is a good example of the ultimate challenge in that field. Hare's style is a bit dry, but his accounts of the two steps up, one step back peace process is refreshingly straightforward and devoid of political spin, to a degree that has been almost unthinkable in America for quite some time now. Although Hare shows no sign of any political agenda beyond that dictated by his job, this study gives the lie to any argument that the Clinton administration's interest in Africa began and ended with Somalia or that it was inept on the international stage. The leaders of both sides of the conflict are presented in a surprisingly reasonable light given the circumstances, and Hare at least tries to account for the convoluted political lay of the land as the war appeared to draw to a conclusion. Some previous familiarity with recent Angolan history is certainly helpful in understanding the story, but all the basics are here. It ends on an appropriately uncertain note, but events since the end of Hare's account have demonstrated that the efforts weren't wasted.

• Review:: 'An insight into a foreigner's shallow thinking of Angola I bought this book because there are so few books written about Angola in English. It is both a delight and a huge disappointment. Granted, Hare concentrates on one topic only - his very valuable experience of 'peace' making in Angola. To this extent, the book is a very useful 'fact-checker' for anyone working in or on Angolan issues today. He provides a chronology of events of the negotiations for Lusaka that is written clearly and concisely. It is probably a good enough guide for a student of African affairs or international relations. However, for anyone who has lived or worked in Angola, it comes close to pure entertainment at times. His book reveals how narrow-minded Western diplomats and politicians can be when they are dealing with a region outside their own cultural boundary. He unwittingly shows how little he understands about the people of Angola, let alone their leaders such as Jonas Savimbi, UNITA's leader. Quoting phrases from his diary, Hare's analyses of why Savimbi behaved in a certain way or other serve to reveal how Hare failed to look at the Angolan crisis from any view other than his own. I have heard this book described as 'laughably bad' and as a 'perfect example of how the Americans get it wrong in Africa'. These are indeed perceptive comments. I would advise anyone interested in Angola today to read this, preferably with a few Angolans at hand to point out the absurd cultural assumptions that Hare shamelessly commits.
• Review:: 'this is a great potrayal of angola why does it take so long to get such a good book
• Review:: 'US-Typical politically correct This is one more typical politically correct description on Angola Crisis, by the US point of view. The history go further on the ground.

God of the Rodeo- The Quest for Redemption in Louisiana's Angola Prison

God of the Rodeo

The Quest for Redemption in Louisiana's Angola Prison:

In God of the Rodeo, he introduces readers to rodeo champion Johnny Brooks, a 41-year-old "lifer" incarcerated for a murder he committed at the age of 18, who is engaged to marry a civilian woman he met at the rodeo. He's also the most promising candidate for parole. There's Terry Hawkins, a man who tries to seek salvation for the violent murder of his boss, the grotesque details of which haunt him, and Danny Fabre, plagued with comically large ears he desperately wants corrected by plastic surgery almost as much as he wishes to learn to read past the 6th-grade level. Perhaps the most striking figure is the stern, spiritual warden, Burl Cain, a self-proclaimed prophet who genuinely believes in redemption for even the most violent offenders.

Written with the eloquence of a poet and the perceptive eyes of a painter, Bergner's extremely well wrought, unforgettable book offers a rare glimpse into the hearts and souls of men who commit violence, finding hope and courage where few dare to look, without ever losing sight of the horrific crimes that landed them in America's most isolated prison. --Kera BolonikDescription: Never before had Daniel Bergner seen a spectacle as bizarre as the one he had come to watch that Sunday in October. Murderers, rapists, and armed robbers were competing in the annual rodeo at Angola, the grim maximum-security penitentiary in Louisiana. The convicts, sentenced to life without parole, were thrown, trampled, and gored by bucking bulls and broncos before thousands of cheering spectators. But amid the brutality of this gladiatorial spectacle Bergner caught surprising glimpses of exaltation, hints of triumphant skill.

The incongruity of seeing hope where one would expect only hopelessness, self-control in men who were there because they'd had none, sparked an urgent quest in him. Having gained unlimited and unmonitored access, Bergner spent an unflinching year inside the harsh world of Angola. He forged relationships with seven prisoners who left an indelible impression on him. There's Johnny Brooks, seemingly a latter-day Stepin Fetchit, who, while washing the warden's car, longs to be a cowboy and to marry a woman he meets on the rodeo grounds. Then there's Danny Fabre, locked up for viciously beating a woman to death, now struggling to bring his reading skills up to a sixth-grade level. And Terry Hawkins, haunted nightly by the ghost of his victim, a ghost he tries in vain to exorcise in a prison church that echoes with the cries of convicts talking in tongues.

Looming front and center is Warden Burl Cain, the larger-than-life ruler of Angola who quotes both Jesus and Attila the Hun, declares himself a prophet, and declaims that redemption is possible for even the most depraved criminal. Cain welcomes Bergner in, and so begins a journey that takes the author deep into a forgotten world and forces him to question his most closely held beliefs. The climax of his story is as unexpected as it is wrenching.
        
Rendered in luminous prose, God of the Rodeo is an exploration of the human spirit, yielding in the process a searing portrait of a place that will be impossible to forget and a group of men, guilty of unimaginable crimes, desperately seeking a moment of grace.


From the Hardcover edition.

• Review:: 'A First Hand View into Angola Prison Bergner's inside look reads more like an expose than a historical account, not surprising when one takes into consideration his background as a journalist. This account, however, it must be noted takes into account an extensive history of Angola State Prison. Bergner spent time there performing the work of a sociologist: observing, writing, detailing, getting to know the inmates on a personal basis; and even sometimes getting caught in the political tides of the prison administration. This work is as much designed for the general reader who seeks an understanding of the life of a prisoner as much as it is for the student of criminal justice or political science who seeks a knowledge base in prison life. Bergner's talents are clearly on display in this sociological masterpiece that clearly details the emotions of prison life. The graphic behavior exhibited by the characters in this work only serve to intensify the reality of prison life and drive home the point that Bergner makes, chiefly being that Angola State Prison, much like any other prison, is a world apart from normal society. This work is an inside view of that other world. It shocks just the same as Jonathan Kozol's Savage Inequalities.
• Review:: 'great material, poorly done The narrative jumps around, unfocused and unsure of itself, and never truly captures the convicts. No dramatic tension and anti-climactic.
• Review:: 'Bull-riding behind bars This book is only incidentally about rodeo, and even less about God. Yes, Bergner uses a prison rodeo as the structural device to build this account of prison life around. But it's not any kind of rodeo you would see authorized by the PRCA. The events are more treacherous, and the men who participate have no experience. They are a spectacle for a crowd of people looking for the same kind of thrills that drew ancient Romans to the Coliseum.

  The book is chiefly about the daily lives of several of the prisoners who happen to participate in this spectacle, as Bergner follows them over the period of a year at Louisiana's maximum security prison, Angola. Bergner is permitted to talk to them one-on-one, with no guards present, by an unusual warden with a reputation for his "humane" philosophy of incarceration and his efforts at rehabilitation. The interviews, as a result, or more than usually candid. One prisoner even fantasizes aloud to Bergner about escaping and taking revenge on the people who put him there.

  Not all the prisoners Bergner introduces us to are reprehensible. Most, in fact, seem decent enough blokes, and he has to keep reminding us (and himself) that all of them are serving time for violent, awful crimes. Most are black men, reflecting the racial (im)balance of the prison population. And most struggle daily to maintain a sense of self-worth that society and the judicial and penal systems have denied them. One man becomes active in the prison's chapter of Toastmasters. Another attends church services for a time. One holds out the hope that his teenage son will find a way to be proud of him. One romances a woman with two children who eventually marries him in a prison ceremony.

  Unexpectedly, in the middle of the narrative, the prison warden begins to pressure Bergner for editorial privileges. He wants only good publicity and perhaps suspects that Bergner has uncovered some shady dealings involving labor provided by prisoners to business associates. What starts as a congenial relationship between the two men turns sour, and Bergner has to take his case to a sympathetic state prison commissioner, who reinstates his privileges, no strings attached.

  The book ends as it begins with the annual rodeo. By now we know how the hope of winning a buckle feeds the participants' desire to compete and succeed. We also see the shabby futility of the event and regret ever yearning along with them for a moment of personal glory.

  I recommend this book to anyone who has the slightest interest in what happens to men who are sent to prison. Bergner has written a fascinating account of lives spent year after year behind bars. As a companion volume, I would recommend Ted Conover's "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing," which gives an account of prison life told from the point of view of the men and women who work as guards.

• Review:: 'Carpetbagger Journalism A New York Yankee flies down to Louisiana for a couple of weekends to report "the truth" as he sees it. At the same time, he's on a religious journey. The problem with this book, much like James Agee's "Let Us Know Praise Famous Men," is that the author allows the story to be about him writing the story. Who cares? A journalist in a Louisiana prison. That's not fodder for interesting reading. There are over 5,100 men currently in Angola. Surely, there had to be more interesting stories there than Bergner's. It's as if Bergner already had the story written before even visiting the prsion. He just plugged in some names and (voila!) he has a book.

  It's a shame this book is so weak. There is a great deal of potential, but Bergner doesn't follow through. More importantly, he has a wonderful opportunity to teach his readers a thing or two about the condition of the Louisiana State Penitentiary and the men incarcerated there, but instead he chooses to write a Hollywood story, Bayou Style.

  If you thought the movies The Big Easy and Forest Gump were great films, than this is the book for you. Otherwise, steer clear of this tawdry fluff. On an aesthetic note, the book looks really great on the tank of your toilet.

• Review:: 'Disappointing The positive reviews I have read here are mystifying. Bergner is a talented writer, for sure, but I really felt as if he mailed in this book more than anything. It sure didn't seem like he spent a year at Angola prison or even in the vicinity. Seemed more to me as if he flew down there every once in awhile to see what's up. The book starts off GREAT, the first third, and then proceeds to fall apart with the not-so-interesting details of his fight with warden Cain to retain his access. Once he wins that fight it's as if the author has lost his steam. The charcters, even warden Cain, don't seem to come to life and their story, the one he tells, just isn't so compelling. I just came away feeling that the author was worn out. Too bad, too. I had high hopes for this one. Want to read a book that DOES make this kind of access work? Try Pete Early's The Hot House, about his two or three years inside of Leavenworth.

• Similar books:
• Cain's Redemption- A Story Of Hope And Transformation In America's Bloodiest Prison
• Dying to Tell- Angola , Crime Consequence, Conclusion at Louisiana State Penitentiary
• Worse than Slavery- Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
• The Hot House- Life Inside Leavenworth Prison
• Inside Rikers- Stories from the World's Largest Penal Colony