Slow poison : Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the making of the Ugandan state / Mahmood Mamdani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mamdani, Mahmood, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amin, Idi, 1925-2003.

Amin, Idi.

Museveni, Yoweri, 1944-.

Museveni, Yoweri.

South Asians--Uganda--History--20th century.

South Asians.

Deportation--Uganda--History--20th century.

Deportation.

Uganda--Politics and government--1971-1979.

Uganda.

Uganda--Politics and government--1979-.

Uganda--Colonial influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Idi Amin's crimes on behalf of Black empowerment in Uganda made him a monster in the world's eyes. Yet Yoweri Museveni has enjoyed decades of Western support in exchange for adopting neoliberal policies and embracing the "war on terror." An esteemed Ugandan scholar's firsthand report, Slow Poison uncovers revealing ironies of postcolonial history.

Contents:

Preface: Ethnicity and Tribe

Introduction

1. Idi Amin: The Parental Heritage

2. Good Asian, Bad Asian

I. The Amin Regime and the Birth of a Black Nation

3. The Break with Israel

4. The Asian Question

5. Prelude to the Expulsion

6. The Expulsion

7. The Regime Stabilizes

8. The Regime Implodes

II. The Transition

9. Naming the War

10. Return Home: Working above Ground

11. The World Bank Enters the University

III. The National Resistance Movement: Tribalizing the Nation

12. How the National Resistance Movement Governed

13. Revenge in the North

14. From Nationalism to Neoliberalism

15. The War on Terror

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0674301765

9780674301764

0674301757

OCLC:

1535407099