{UAH} How do u guard against bias when reading a book?

Its difficult to read Pecos Kutesa 's book, "Uganda's Revolution  1979-1986" without being biased from the beginning. In the acknowledgements, he said that he drew inspiration from Yoweri Museveni, something which confirms the narrative that he had to seek permission from the supreme leader(SL) before writing the book. He also mentions two of the bush war heroes, Salim Saleh and Tumwine ELLY, still serving in the govt as having encouraged him. The two have never and  aren't expected, atleast for now, to say anything that pisses off our SL.

Then in his " Foreword", he states that the war " did not enjoy any external assistance ", something that contradicts a lot of various accounts that show that NRA wouldn't have managed the war without assistance from Libya.

I think he could have worded both sections  in a way less likely to so quickly raise hackles. Perhaps, he should have avoided mentioning names , and just left it to comrades. Yes, Mr.Museveni is a well known curmudgeon when it comes to those that write or do things differently from him, and by mentioning him at the beginning, the writer kills the mood of the book. It means events in the book were more or less dictated to him.

To put this in even more dramatic perspective, I already have a feeling that I may not find anything in the book that is different from Museveni's " Sowing the Mustard Seed ".

Abbey Kibirige Semuwemba said 

"In tribute to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Uganda, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife, discrimination and terrorism."

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