Uganda before the Dictatorship of Idi Amin
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Primary Sources
Henry Kyemba, A State of BloodThe Inside Story of Idi Amin, (1977)
Harold Macmillan, At the End of the Day, (1973)
Harold Wilson, The Labour Government 19641970A Personal Record, (1971)
Secondary Sources
Martin Meredith, The Fortunes of AfricaA 5000Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor, (2014)
John Reader, AfricaA Biography of a Continent, (1997)
Thomas Pakenham, The Scramble for AfricaWhite Man’s Conquest of the Dark Continent from 18761912, (1991)
Basil Davidson, Africa in HistoryRevised and Expanded Edition, (1991)
Basil Davidson, A History of East and Central Africa to the Late 19th Century, (1969)
Samwiri Rubaraza Karugire, A Political History of Uganda, (1980)
Leon Slawecki, “The Two Chinas in Africa”, Foreign Affairs, (January 1963)
Clyde Sanger, “Toward Unity in Africa”, Foreign Affairs, (January 1964)
David Martin, General AminThe Most Shocking Expose yet of the Seventies’ bloodiest dictator, (1974)
Footnotes
[1] Karugire, p. 140-1
[2] Davidson, East and Central, p. 16-24, 40-5, Karugire, p. 140-1, 131-3
[3] Davidson, East and Central, p. 212-5
[4] Pakenham, p. 80-2
[5] Davidson, East and Central, p. 215, Meredith, p. 401-4
[6] Meredith, p. 401-4
[7] Karugire, p. 140-1
[8] Reader, p. 579-81, Karugire, p. 99-100
[9] Karugire, p. 100-2, Meredith, p. 401-4
[10] Meredith, p. 520
[11] Karugire, p. 134-8, 144
[12] Meredith, p. 401-4, Karugire, p. 134-8
[13] Karugire, p. 140-1, Reader, p. 300-1
[14] Karugire, p. 128-33
[15] Karugire, p. 128-31
[16] Karugire, p. 145-7, 123-31
[17] Karugire, p. 134-8, 146-7
[18] Meredith, p. 530, 556, Karugire, p. 127-8, 141-2
[19] Karugire, p. 147-62
[20] Karugire, p. 162-8
[21] Meredith, p. 562, Karugire, p. 170-3
[22] Karugire, p. 173-186
[23] Karugire, p. 186-8
[24] Meredith, p. 602-3, Martin, p. 25-7
[25] Martin, p. 16-20, Kyemba, p. 15-18
[26] Martin, p. 21-5, Kyemba, p. 22-5
[27] Wilson, p. 276-81, Slawecki, Sanger
[28] Kyemba, p. 22-5
[29] Kyemba, p. 22-3
[30] Kyemba, p. 25-7, Martin, p. 27-9, Meredith, p. 610-2
[31] Kyemba, p. 25-32, Meredith, p. 610-2, Martin, p. 27-9
[32] Meredith, p. 6102,
[33] Kyemba, p. 27-32, Martin, p. 29-31
[34] Kyemba, p. 32-5, Martin, p. 27-9, 31
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