Primary Sources: The 1970s: World Affairs

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Excerpts from interview with General Idi Amin who considers people of Great Britain his best friend. Action not against GB where economy controlled by Jews, and in USA. Sir Alec Douglas Home only one person speaking, others say it's a good step to transfer the economy to Ugandans.

In January 1971 Idi Amin, chief of the Ugandan army and air force, led a coup against Milton Obote and named himself president of Uganda. Upon seizing power Amin embarked a campaign to execute all of his potential rivals, including two-thirds of the military. A ferocious dictator, Amin was responsible for the deaths of between 100,000 and 300,000 Ugandans during his eight years in power.

The 1973 war between Israel, Egypt, and Syria - known as the Yom Kippur War - marked a turning point in Israel's relationship to the Arab countries surrounding it. The success of the surprise attack by Egypt and Syria helped to dispel the myth of Israel's military invincibility, while the failure of Egypt to reacquire its past land holdings through military means convinced Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to negotiate a peace treaty with Israel.

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Michael Freedland marks the death of Israel’s first woman prime minister, Golda Meir by speaking to former British prime minister, Harold Wilson and others.