Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Part I THEORIZING REBEL VICTORY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. 1 STATEBUILDING AFTER REBEL VICTORY 23
8. Part II COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE FROM NICARAGUA, LIBERIA, AND UGANDA
9. 2 FROM IDEALISM TO ACTION 51
10. 3 PREDATION AND POWER GRABBING 79
11. 4 FOR PARTY OR PEOPLE? 108
12. Part III EXTENSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
13. 5 ANTICOLONIAL REBELLION’S DIVERGENT PATHS 139
14. 6 WHEN RELIGIOUS REBELS WIN 156
15. CONCLUSION 181
16. Appendix A CASES OF REBEL VICTORY, 1945–2023 193
17. Appendix B INTERVIEWEES 195
18. References 201
19. Index 243