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In Idi Amin's Shadow is a rich social history examining Ugandan women's complex and sometimes paradoxical relationship to Amin's military state. Based on more than one hundred interviews with women who survived the regime, as well as a wide range of primary sources, this book reveals how the violence of Amin's militarism resulted in both opportunities and challenges for women. Some assumed positions of political power or became successful entrepreneurs, while others endured sexual assault or experienced the trauma of watching their brothers, husbands, or sons "disappeared" by the state's secu

Women --- Violence --- Women and the military --- Women and war --- Militarism --- Sex role --- Gender role --- Sex (Psychology) --- Sex differences (Psychology) --- Social role --- Gender expression --- Sexism --- Antimilitarism --- Military policy --- Sociology, Military --- Chauvinism and jingoism --- Imperialism --- War and women --- War --- Armed Forces and women --- Military, The, and women --- Women and the Armed Forces --- Armed Forces --- Violent behavior --- Social psychology --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Social conditions --- History --- Amin, Idi, --- Dada, Idi Amin, --- Amin Dada, Idi, --- Amin, Iddi, --- Angoo, Idi Awo-Ongo, --- Oumee, Idi Amin Dada, --- Political and social views. --- Uganda --- Gender roles --- Gendered role --- Gendered roles --- Role, Gender --- Role, Gendered --- Role, Sex --- Roles, Gender --- Roles, Gendered --- Roles, Sex --- Sex roles