Abstract
ABSTRACT This article focuses on Idi Amin’s rise to power in Uganda and his simultaneous involvement in Southern Sudan. Using newly released material, it revises the suggestions of neo-colonial intervention by Britain during the coup, instead arguing that events primarily reflected an internal power struggle and the importance of regional dynamics. Insofar as there was external intervention, Israel took the lead as part of a regional strategy to prevent African states aligning against her in the Middle East conflict. This contrasts with Britain’s increasing reluctance to interfere in regions which were not of direct strategic importance, primarily due to its weakened economy.
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