This book is about the idiosyncratic personal dictatorships sprang up in Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. It surveys the social, economic, and political histories of Uganda, Central African Republic and Equatorial Guinea, exploring conditions that facilitated the rise of the dictatorial triumvirate.

Samuel Decalo

Foreword -- Introduction -- School Prayer -- Pornography -- Crime -- Gun Control -- Affirmative Action -- Abortion -- Conclusion