Idi Amin : the story of Africa's icon of evil / Mark Leopold.
Idi Amin : the story of Africa's icon of evil / Mark Leopold.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2021.
Call Numbers
G 2021/2509
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 351 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
List of plates -- Preface -- Map -- Introduction: Idi Amin Dada, man and myth -- 'Wrung from the withers of the Western Nile': Background, birth, and youth, 1928(?)-46 -- 'He comes from a fighting race': Life in the King's African Rifles, 1946(?)-59 -- A resistible rise? 1959-65 -- Amin and Obote, 1...
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2021.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2021.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The first serious full-length biography of modern Africa's most famous dictator. 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...
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Full title
Idi Amin : the story of Africa's icon of evil / Mark Leopold.
Portion of title
Story of Africa's icon of evil
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-344) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2020
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G 2021/2509
Record Identifier
74VKaXapxXp3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaXapxXp3
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ISBN
0300260881
9780300260885
DDC
967.61042092
MMS ID
991024435929102626
