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Author Robertson, R. T. (Robert Thomas), 1951- author.

Title The general's goose : Fiji's tale of contemporary misadventure / Robbie Robertson.

Publication Info. Acton, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource.
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Series State, society and governance in Melanesia series
State, society and governance in Melanesia (Series)
Summary His admirers said he was a charismatic leader with a dazzling smile, a commoner following an ancient tradition of warrior service on behalf of an indigenous people who feared marginalisation at the hands of ungrateful immigrants. One tourist pleaded with him to stage a coup in her backyard; in private parties around the capital, Suva, infatuated women whispered 'coup me baby' in his presence. It was so easy to overlook the enormity of what he had done in planning and implementing Fiji's first military coup, to be seduced by celebrity, captivated by the excitement of the moment, and plead its inevitability as the final eruption of long-simmering indigenous discontent. A generation would pass before the consequences of the actions of Fiji's strongman of 1987, Sitiveni Rabuka, would be fully appreciated but, by then, the die had been well and truly cast. The major general did not live happily ever after. No nirvana followed the assertion of indigenous rights. If anything, misadventure became his country's most enduring contemporary trait. This is Fiji's very human story.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-343) and index.
Contents The challenge of inheritance -- The great turning -- Redux: The season for coups -- Plus ça change ...? -- Conclusion: Playing the politics of respect.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Subject Rabuka, Sitiveni Ligamamada, 1948-
Rabuka, Sitiveni Ligamamada, 1948-
Coups d'état -- Fiji.
Coups d'état.
Fiji.
Democracy -- Fiji.
Democracy.
Fiji -- Politics and government.
Politics and government.
Fiji -- History -- 20th century.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900-1999
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Added Title Goose
Other Form: Print version: 9781760461270 176046127X (OCoLC)987581326
ISBN 9781760461287 (electronic book)
1760461288 (electronic book)
9781760461270
176046127X