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03014aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 CB759B76C93011E88539171297128E48 003 SILO 005 20181006010511 008 170221s2017 nyub b 000 0deng d 010 $a 2017945484 020 $a 9780997722925 020 $a 0997722924 035 $a (OCoLC)973371662 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UOK $d FM0 $d UIB $d SILO 043 $a f-ug--- $a f-ug--- 082 04 $a 967.61044 $2 23 100 1 $a Epstein, Helen, $d 1961- $e author. 245 10 $a Another fine mess : $b America, Uganda and the war on terror / $c Helen C. Epstein. 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia Global Reports, $c [2017] 300 $a 262 pages : $b map ; $c 19 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-262). 505 0 $a Uganda's origins: from many, one and from one, many -- Warlords in northern Uganda -- a visit from the U.S. Department of Agriculture -- Prelude to apocalypse -- A new world order -- Invasion -- The old leopard -- A sudden departure -- A leopard in winter -- Breeding ground -- A good man in Africa -- Museveni finds a new terror trove -- A long distance relationship -- Murder in Uganda -- The General challenges the dictator -- Interrogation -- Another "election" -- The General returns -- Conclusion. 520 $a "In this powerful account of Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni's 30 year reign, Helen Epstein chronicles how Western leaders' single-minded focus on the War on Terror and their naiÌve dealings with strongmen are at the root of much of the turmoil in eastern and central Africa. Museveni's involvement in the conflicts in Sudan, South Sudan, Rwanda, Congo, and Somalia has earned him substantial amounts of military and development assistance, as well as near-total impunity. It has also short-circuited the power the people of this region might otherwise have over their destiny. Epstein set out for Uganda more than 20 years ago to work as a public health consultant on an AIDS project. Since then, the roughly $20 billion worth of foreign aid poured into the country by donors has done little to improve the well-being of the Ugandan people, whose rates of illiteracy, mortality, and poverty surpass those of many neighboring countries. Money meant to pay for health care, education, and other public services has instead been used by Museveni to shore up his power through patronage, brutality, and terror. Another Fine Mess is a devastating indictment of the West's Africa policy and an authoritative history of the crises that have ravaged Uganda and its neighbors since the end of the Cold War."--Amazon.com. 600 10 $a Museveni, Yoweri, $d 1944- 651 0 $a Uganda $x History $y 1979- 651 0 $a Uganda $x Politics and government $y 1979- 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Uganda. 651 0 $a Uganda $x Foreign relations $z United States. 941 $a 1 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006111150.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CB759B76C93011E88539171297128E48 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search