Books The Untold Biography Of IDI AMIN DADA OUMEE By BEST SELLING AUTHOR Peter Clarke

• Early Life and Military Career: Born around 1928 in Uganda to a Kakwa father and Lugbara mother, Amin joined the British colonial King's African Rifles in 1946, rising from cook to lieutenant, fighting in campaigns like the Mau Mau Uprising.
• Rise to Power: Details of Amin becoming deputy army commander in 1964 and army commander in 1966, his relationship and falling out with President Milton Obote, leading to the 1971 coup while Obote was abroad.
• Presidency and Regime: Amin's self-declared presidency from 1971 to 1979, initially welcomed as a stabilizing force but later becoming notorious for brutal repression, mass killings estimated between 100,000 to 500,000, and widespread human rights abuses.
• Expulsion of Asians: The 1972 forced expulsion of Uganda’s Asian minority, which crippled the economy by removing key commercial players and handing assets to Amin’s supporters.
• Foreign Relations and Titles: His shifting alliances from Western nations to Libya, the Soviet Union, and others; his odd self-bestowed titles like "Conqueror of the British Empire"; and his chairmanship of the Organization of African Unity in 1975.
• Fall and Exile: The Uganda-Tanzania War leading to his overthrow in 1979, subsequent exile to Libya and Saudi Arabia, where he lived until his death in 2003.
• Legacy: Examination of Amin's complex legacy of dictatorship marked by terror, corruption, and economic mismanagement, yet with lingering popular nostalgia in some quarters due to his defiance against colonial powers.
• Personal Life and Character: Insights into his personality, paranoia, erratic behavior, and cult of personality.
• Contextual History: The socio-political conditions in Uganda pre- and post-independence, the role of ethnicity and military influence, and the Cold War's impact on African dictatorships.

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