UID:
almafu_9961252364002883
Format:
1 online resource (320 p.) :
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30 color illus.
ISBN:
0-300-15440-2
Series Statement:
Yale scholarship online
Content:
Idi Amin began his career in the British army in colonial Uganda and worked his way up the ranks before seizing power in a British-backed coup in 1971. He built a violent and unstable dictatorship, ruthlessly eliminating perceived enemies and expelling Uganda's Asian population as the country plunged into social and economic chaos. This book places Amin's military background and close relationship with the British state at the heart of the story. It traces the interwoven development of Amin's career and his popular image as an almost supernaturally evil monster, demonstrating the impossibility of fully distinguishing the truth from the many myths surrounding the dictator.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2020.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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List of Plates --
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Preface --
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Map --
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Introduction: Idi Amin Dada, Man and Myth --
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1 ‘Wrung from the Withers of the Western Nile’: Background, Birth and Youth, 1928(?)–46 --
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2 ‘He Comes from a Fighting Race’: Life in the King’s African Rifles, 1946(?)–59 --
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3 A Resistible Rise? 1959–65 --
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4 Amin and Obote, 1965–69 --
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5 ‘Martial Music’: The Build-up, the Coup and 163 the Aftermath, 1969–71 --
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6 A Honeymoon and Four Divorces: The First Two Years of Uganda’s Second Republic, 1971–73 --
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7 The Centre Cannot Hold: President Amin, 1973–76 --
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8 Decline and Fall: Idi Amin and Uganda, 1977–79, and After --
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Afterword --
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Notes --
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References --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-15439-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300154405
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