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Dark age : the political odyssey of Emperor Bokassa

著者: E Brian Titley
出版商: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1997.
版本/格式:   图书 : 传记 : 英语查看所有的版本和格式
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"Dark Age recounts the turbulent political career of the late Jean-Bedel Bokassa, flamboyant president-for-life and later emperor of the Central African Republic/Empire. Brian Titley examines the myths and legends surrounding the man, probes their origins and veracity, and attempts to provide a more balanced perspective on this controversial and misunderstood figure." "Following a lengthy career in the French army,  再读一些...
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类型/形式: Biography
提及的人: Bokassa, Emperor of the Central African Empire; Bokassa, empereur de Centrafrique
材料类型: 传记
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所有的著者/提供者: E Brian Titley
ISBN: 0773516026 9780773516021 0853237123 9780853237129
OCLC号码: 36340842
描述: xii, 257 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
责任: Brian Titley.

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"Dark Age recounts the turbulent political career of the late Jean-Bedel Bokassa, flamboyant president-for-life and later emperor of the Central African Republic/Empire. Brian Titley examines the myths and legends surrounding the man, probes their origins and veracity, and attempts to provide a more balanced perspective on this controversial and misunderstood figure." "Following a lengthy career in the French army, Bokassa seized power in the Central African Republic in 1966. His excesses soon became legendary: he was accused of cannibalism, feeding enemies to lions and crocodiles, and beating schoolchildren to death. Bokassa's tendency for self-aggrandizement culminated in 1977 when he named himself emperor and orchestrated a coronation based on Napoleon's. He was overthrown by French paratroopers in 1979 and went into exile, but returned to his homeland in 1985 to face a sensational trial." "Titley interprets Bokassa's authoritarian and self-aggrandizing style as an attempt to legitimize his regime in a context devoid of indigenous political structures and explores the troubled relations between France and its former colonies. Combining techniques of historical inquiry and investigative journalism, he has produced a fascinating account of a pivotal chapter in contemporary African history."--BOOK JACKET.

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