LEADER 02811 am 22005173u 450 001 9910220515003321 005 20230809230507.0 010 $a1-76046-128-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000000641162 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5089212 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11449895 035 $a(OCoLC)987581357 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5089212 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000641162 100 $a20171103h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe general's goose $eFiji's tale of contemporary misadventure /$fRobbie Robertson 210 1$aActon, Australian Capital Territory :$cAustralian National University,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (366 pages) $cillustrations (some color), maps 225 1 $aState, Society and Governance in Melanesia Series 311 $a1-76046-127-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe challenge of inheritance -- The great turning -- Redux: The season for coups -- Plus c?a change ...? -- Conclusion: Playing the politics of respect. 330 1 $aHis admirers said he was a charismatic leader with a dazzling smile, a commoner following an ancient tradition of warrior service on behalf of an indigenous people who feared marginalisation at the hands of ungrateful immigrants. One tourist pleaded with him to stage a coup in her backyard; in private parties around the capital, Suva, infatuated women whispered 'coup me baby' in his presence. It was so easy to overlook the enormity of what he had done in planning and implementing Fiji's first military coup, to be seduced by celebrity, captivated by the excitement of the moment, and plead its inevitability as the final eruption of long-simmering indigenous discontent. A generation would pass before the consequences of the actions of Fiji's strongman of 1987, Sitiveni Rabuka, would be fully appreciated but, by then, the die had been well and truly cast. The major general did not live happily ever after. No nirvana followed the assertion of indigenous rights. If anything, misadventure became his country's most enduring contemporary trait. This is Fiji's very human story. 410 0$aState, society and governance in Melanesia (Series) 606 $aCoups d'e?tat$zFiji 606 $aDemocracy$zFiji 607 $aFiji$xPolitics and government 607 $aFiji$xHistory$y20th century 610 $aAustralian 615 0$aCoups d'e?tat 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a996.11 700 $aRobertson$b Robbie$0879903 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220515003321 996 $aThe general's goose$91964920 997 $aUNINA