Table of Contents

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, Jan.1971-Jan.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-Jan.1986; the National Resistance Movement - signs of hope.