The General's Goose : Fiji's Tale of Contemporary Misadventure.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (384 pages)
- State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Series .
- State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Series .
Intro -- Preface -- iTaukei pronunciation -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Introduction -- 1. The challenge of inheritance -- 2. The great turning -- 3. Redux: The season for coups -- 4. Plus ça change …? -- Conclusion: Playing the politics of respect -- Bibliography -- Index.
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. This is Fiji's very human story.