Idi Amin : the story of Africa's icon of evil /

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 elim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Leopold, Mark (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Amin, Idi, > 1925-2003. Presidents > Uganda > Biography. Uganda > Politics and government > 1971-1979.

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