EARLY EPISODE: The Kagera War: Part 1
Idi Amin comes to power in Uganda, a military strongman, he lets his military run wild across the nation in a nearly decade long reign of terror. Amin, however, is a drunken, paranoid, monster. He purges his military, worried that someone would depose him. He sees invasions of the British, Americans, Tanzanians, and the Israelis massing on his border, even though they weren't. Finally, he invades Tanzania, sparking the Kagera War.
This is the story of the fall of Idi Amin.
Part 1/4
SOURCES:
Tony Avrigan, Martha Honey. War in Uganda: The Legacy of Idi Amin.
Ogenga Otunnu. Crisis of Legitimacy and Political Violence in Uganda, 1890-1979.
Ogenga Otunnu. Politics and the Military in Uganda, 1890-1985.
Yehudit Ronen. Libya's Intervention in Amin's Uganda: A Broken Spearhead.
Tom Cooper. War and Insurgencies of Uganda. 1971-1994
George Roberts. The Uganda-Tanzania War, The Fall of Idi Amin, and the Failure of African Diplomacy.
Alicia Decker. In Idi Amin's Shadow: Women, Gender, and Militarism in Uganda
Mark Leopold. Idi Amin: The Story of Africa's Icon of Evil
Comments (33)
Being born in a police building? It's giving Javert from Les Mis
A lot of the South Asian community in Calgary, Alberta 🇨🇦 and a good portion of the Ismaili Muslim community in Canada are a direct result of the expulsion of the South Asians from Uganda.
charli xcx's mother was also a gujarati expelled from uganda
Who will win in a boxing match between Ldi Amin vs Jean-Bédel Bokassa
Duncan Sandeez NU--
OH HELL YEAH
Giant Cousin…. Wife… Bonus Episode?
I think it’s worth noting that the Buganda Crisis could have been an episode onto itself- the king had like 120 guys and held off thousands of soldiers for 12 hours, only being defeated when Amin brought in heavy artillery. The king still escaped though and died in exile in London, a fate worse than death I assume
What if emperor Palpatine was huge? Also I too wish that jump jets were hairier.
"oy we used to be a propah empire, we appointed Idi Amin and ain't had none of them woke dictators then innit"
Idi was Amin bastard
Imagine if Idi Amin had become a London mobster in the Swinging Sixties!
Or: if Idi Amin had emigrated to Northern Ireland, which side would he have been on during the Troubles? (I’m inclined to think Idi Amin would have been a Unionist, simply because he was a teeaboo.)
Nasty, Brutish, and Short: not all of these things describe Idi Amin.
Assigned Cop At Birth? Cops Are Janissaries Prove Me Wrong
On the subject of pathologizing the behavior of evil people early in their life, something I picked up through psych is that most people are not only uninterested in but also invested in disputing the idea that someone who appears to be a normal person could turn out to do horrific crimes against humanity. There's a deep disconnect the moment people can identify with any aspect of these figures' lives. The "banality of evil" does not sit well with the general public. I sort of think of it as the interpersonal version of "it couldn't happen here."
Everybody hates Hannah Arendt!
Idi Amin: the last king of Scotch.
I don't know if anyone on Earth has ever shouted, "FUCK YEAH! IDI AMIN!" before, but I just did.
I get the feeling Joe has wanted to do this series for a while.
Nate backpedaling after saying cunts is so funny to me 😂
I don't think it was so much back peddling as much as how Nate understand how ignorant Americans are.
The lack of covering the Battle of Mengo Hill and the overthrow of the Kabaka is disappointing.
Looking up Amin's wikipedia page, I laugh that at the bottom at "See Also" the only link is "Notable adherents of fruitarianism"
The ADD mercenary writing all his crimes down in a bullet journal
I mean, this was horrific of course, but at least we got Mayor Mamdani as an indirect result?
If he'd gotten into Real Big Fish, he could have been The Last King of Ska-land
I read that as “The KOREAN War” for a moment and was shocked!
Gurkhas are a military tradition, and they come from multiple ethnic groups in Nepal. Gurkha is not itself a people
Something tell me this is going to be a lion led by donkey classic. I mean you talking thr guy that inspired you guys mascot's outfit
Can’t wait to find out about what a stand-up guy Idi Amin was
Aww yeah, back to Doug's outfit origins!
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