Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ABBREVIATIONS ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 FORBES BURNHAM The Making of a Postcolonial Caribbean Leader 7
6. 2 BRITISH GUIANA The Genesis of the Postcolonial Struggle 37
7. 3 IMPERIAL OBSTRUCTION AND BURNHAM’S DESIGN ON POLITICAL LEADERSHIP 63
8. 4 THE CONSOLIDATION OF POWER 93
9. 5 FRONTIERS OF DYSTOPIA AND THE CRISIS OF CHARISMA 127
10. 6 THE DEMISE OF THE COMRADE LEADER 153
11. 7 AN AMBIVALENT LEGACY 197
12. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 221
13. NOTES 225
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 253
15. INDEX 267
16. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 269