The Military in African Politics

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Edited by John W. Harbeson

Published in cooperation with the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

ISBN: 0-275-92295-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-92295-5

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208 pages, bibliog.

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 5/15/1987

List Price: $91.95 (UK Sterling Price: £51.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Multicultural Studies » African Studies

Series Title: SAIS Studies on Africa

Description: Here is the first book to look at African politics and the new problems facing the military leadership. The contributors to The Military in African Politics have divided the regimes into three categories or case studies. These studies focus on the characteristics of the officers who came to power--young or old, revolutionary or conservative, on each country's particular problems, and on the strategies used by the military leaders to stay in power.

Table of Contents:

Military Rulers in African Politics
The Military in the Politics of Succession: Algeria
Populist Military Regimes in West Africa
Principles and Practices in Nigerian Military Government
Ethnicity and the Role of the Military in the People's Republic of Benin
Military Rule in the People's Republic of Congo
One Full Revolution: The Politics of the Sudanese Military
Military Rule and the Quest for a Post-Imperial Ethiopia
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 86-30641

LCC Class: DT30

Dewey Class: 322


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