General Amin [Jan Gillett's copy]
by Martin, David
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0571105858
- ISBN 13
- 9780571105854
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1974. First edition. A Few illustrattions, octavo, pp 254, a little used internally, red cloth very slightly used and marked, the dustwrapper is a bit tired, worn and frayed. From the library of the Kew botanist Jan Gillett, with his signature on the front endpaper. ["The news that Dr. Milton Obote, President of Uganda, had been deposed by General Idi Amin on 25th January 1971 was greeted optimistically by many countries in the West. Since then Amin's fame has spread like wildfire as the incredulous world receives his increasingly outrageous pronouncements. But the smiling, childish image which the media have indulgently created for the figure who rose from army cook to President of a modern nation state conceals the qualities of one of the most feared dictators of this century. Even before independence, Idi Amin had acquired a record of brutality, but since coming to power . the death toll in Uganda has mounted appallingly. This book is a study of the historical background to the 1971 coup, the reasons why Amin had to seize power in order to survive, and the devastating results of the take-over for Uganda.". ]. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017680
- Title
- General Amin [Jan Gillett's copy]
- Author
- Martin, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571105858
- ISBN 13
- 9780571105854
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Travel; Social History; Politics;
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