War in Uganda

For many people of the West, Idi Amin, Life President of Uganda, was a slightly deranged buffoon, but Africans knew him as a shrewd, ruthless, and dangerously unpredictable man-a killer, in fact, who did not hesitate to dispose of his opponents in the most bizarre and inhuman ways. From 1971 to 1979 he held sway over Uganda, doing so with the support, not of his own people, but with the assistance of neo-colonialist forces outside of Africa.
In 1978, as Amin’s despotic rule began to weaken, he launched an invasion of Tanzania. The Tanzanian Army, after an initial setback in the Kagera Salient, defeated Idi Amin’s army and pursued the remnants to the gates of Kampala and beyond. This war between neighboring African states not only brought about the collapse of Idi Amin, but also exposed the nefarious roles that had been played by such foreign agents as Frank Terpil, Edwin Wilson, Major Bob Astles, and others in support of the hideous and corrupt dictatorship. It also altered in fundamental respects the political terrain on which African states would thereafter operate.
WAR IN UGANDA is a first-hand account of the Tanzanian militarv response to Amin’s provocations and of the struggles and maneuvers that took place within
Ugandan political factions seeking to reestablish a legitimate government. In this eyewitness narration, journalists Tony Avirgan and Martha Honey tell the story as they saw it. As the only Western reporters to accompany the Tanzanian Army into Uganda, they were uniquely placed to tell what happened, militarily and politically. Their book is at once exciting war reportage and an astute analysis of the conflicting social and political forces in Africa today.
“Legendary Brig. Gen. Muhidin Kimario endorsed War in Uganda, The Legacy of Idi Amin, as historically and factually accurate”.
– MIfaume Kimario