A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It

Product DescriptionPaul Kagame grew up as a wretched refugee. He and a group of comrades, determined to force their way back home after a generation of exile, designed one of the most audacious covert operations in the history of clandestine war. Then, after taking power, they amazed the world by stabilizing and reviving their devastated country. Now, as President Kagame, he's obsessed with a single outlandish dream: to make Rwanda the first middle-income country in Africa, and to do it in the space of a single generation.A Thousand Hills tells Kagame's tumultuous life story, including his early fascination with Che Guevara and James Bond, his years as an intelligence agent, his training in Cuba and the United States, the dazzlingly original way he built his secret rebel army, his bloody rebellion, and his outsized ambitions for Rwanda. It is the adventure-filled tale of a visionary who won a war, stopped a genocide, and then set out to turn his country into the star of Africa. Like Ishmael Beah's bestsellingA Long Way Gone and Greg Mortenson'sThree Cups of Tea, this book recounts the thrilling and uplifting tale of a man who defied the odds to lift himself and his country out of misery toward a more promising future.Review"A fascinating account of the near-miracle unfolding before our very eyes...A very good read."-- "Archbishop Desmond Tutu""A nuanced portrait of a complex figure in morally ambiguous times."-- "Library Journal""Boehmer brings out the author's scorn...[and] expresses Kagame's enthusiasm for the new Rwanda."-- "AudioFile"A fascinating account of the near-miracle unfolding before our very eyes.... A very good read.-- "Archbishop Desmond Tutu"About the AuthorStephen Kinzer is the author of over ten books, including Poisoner in Chief, The True Flag, The Brothers, Overthrow, and All the Shahs Men. An award-winning foreign correspondent, he served as the New York Times bureau chief in Nicaragua, Germany, and Turkey. He is a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and writes a world affairs column for the Boston Globe.