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A Popular History of Idi Amin's Uganda.

A Popular History of Idi Amin's Uganda. イディ・アミンのウガンダのポピュラー・ヒストリー

・ISBN 978-0-300-27838-5 hard US$ 35.00

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著者・編者Peterson, Derek R.,
出版社(Yale U. Pr., US)
出版年月2025.08
ページ数376 pp.
言語ENG
ニュース番号<748-739>

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How Africa's most notorious tyrant made his oppressive regime seem both necessary and patriotic

Idi Amin ruled Uganda between 1971 and 1979, inflicting tremendous violence on the people of the country. How did Amin's regime survive for eight calamitous years? Drawing on recently uncovered archival material, Derek Peterson reconstructs the political logic of the era, focusing on the ordinary people-civil servants, curators and artists, businesspeople, patriots-who invested their energy and resources in making the government work.

Peterson reveals how Amin (1928-2003) led ordinary people to see themselves as front-line soldiers in a global war against imperialism and colonial oppression. They worked tirelessly to ensure that government institutions kept functioning, even as resources dried up and political violence became pervasive. In this case study of how principled, talented, and patriotic people sacrificed themselves in service to a dictator, Peterson provides lessons for our own time.