Uganda since Independence: A Story of Unfulfilled Hopes

Shaky start at independence - the first four years the constitutional crisis of 1966 the aftermath of the 1966 constitutional crisis Amin takes over - the honeymoon years, January 1971-January 1973 lion rampant - Amin's consolidation of power and the violence that followed general considerations of Amin's regime the post-Amin period - the era of the Uganda National Liberation Front, 1979-1980 the Okello-Lutwa fiasco, July 1985-January 1986 the National Resistance Movement - signs of hope.