Book description
Andrew Feinstein, former member of the African National Congress,
investigates the secretive world of the global arms trade in his
gripping new book The Shadow World. Feinstein reveals the
corruption and the cover-ups behind BAE's controversial transactions
in South Africa, Tanzania and eastern Europe and the revolving-door
relationships that characterise the US
Congressional-Military-Industrial Complex. The Shadow World
exposes both the formal government-backed trade in arms as well as the
illicit deals and lays bare the shocking links between the two.
'Essential reading for anyone who cares about justice, transparency
and accountability in both the public and private spheres, and for
anyone who believes that it is more important to invest in saving
lives than in the machinery of death' Archbishop Desmond Tutu
'Andrew Feinstein has written an authoritative guide to the business
of war. Chilling, heartbreaking and enraging' Arundhati Roy
'The nobility and justice of Feinstein's sentiments are
indisputable. The arms trade is a loathsome commerce conducted by
people who wear suits and occupy big boardroom tables, but should have
trouble sleeping at night' Max Hastings, Sunday Times
'Remarkable and courageous . . . The Shadow World is a heroic
book by an author who, in writing it, has put himself in the firing
line' Iain Macwhirter
'Feinstein's book is a singularly powerful study, and deserves to be
read by anyone who wants to see light shining on such a shadowy world' Independent
Andrew Feinstein is the author of After the Party: A Personal and
Political Journey Inside the ANC, a best-selling memoir of his
time as an African National Congress MP in South Africa. His
journalism has been featured in the Guardian, Daily
Telegraph, Prospect, New York Times, Spiegel,
New Statesman and Africa Report. He appears regularly
on the BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera. He is the founding co-director of
Corruption Watch, an anti-corruption NGO, and chairperson of the Aids
charity FoTAC.
Andrew Feinstein is the author of
After the Party: A Personal and
Political Journey Inside the ANC
, a best-selling memoir of his time as an African National Congress
Member of Parliament in South Africa. His journalism has been featured
in the
Guardian
, the
Daily Telegraph
,
Prospect
, the
New York Times
,
Der Spiegel
, the
New Statesman
and
Africa Report
. In 2011 he authored the lead article in the authoritative Sipri
Yearbook. He appears regularly on the BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera. He has
recently been an Open Society Institute International Fellow and is the
founding co-director of Corruption Watch, an anti-corruption NGO, and
chairperson of the Aids charity FoTAC.
