Military Coups In Sub Saharan Africa

Author : Staffan Wiking
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCAL:B3524235

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Military Coups in Sub-Saharan Africa by Staffan Wiking Pdf

This book is a comparative study of military coups between 1958 and 1980. Africa south of the Sahara. It also provides background information on the causes of some refugee exoduses, for example, from Zaire, Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda. There are three parts. The first deals with different theories concerning 'coups d'état' on a general level. The second part is an empirical review concentrating on the justifications given by military leaders immediately after their interventions. The third part analyses the attempts by the military to explain their involvement in politics. The author concludes that military coups rarely take place during periods of social unrest and that the military are very sensitive to civilian intrusion into what they regard as primarily military business.

Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015053384254

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Military Coups in West Africa Since the Sixties by Godfrey Mwakikagile Pdf

For three decades, since the sixties, military coups became a ritual of African politics. They consist of self-perpetuating incidents which spilled into the 1990's, through on a much smaller scale. This book is a chronological sequence of these events in West Africa. The focus is on the coups in sub-Saharan Africa during these turbulent decades, and what can be done to stop them in Africa's quest for democracy.

Author : Great Britain. Commonwealth Office. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105126521561

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African Military Coups by Great Britain. Commonwealth Office. Library Pdf

Author : Adeoye Akinola
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031510199

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The Resurgence of Military Coups and Democratic Relapse in Africa by Adeoye Akinola Pdf

Author : Simon Baynham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000347517

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Military Power and Politics in Black Africa by Simon Baynham Pdf

First published in 1986, Military Power and Politics in Black Africa explores many themes that concerned military power and politics in sub-Saharan Africa at the time of publication. Adopting a thematic approach, the book considers the nature of both intervention and disengagement and looks at the relationship between civilian and military institutions. The final chapters put forward arguments for the importance of foreign intervention in the politics and civil-military relations of African states.

Author : William R. Thompson
Publisher : Sage Publications (CA)
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173023051901

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The Grievances of Military Coup-makers by William R. Thompson Pdf

Author : Maggie Dwyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190876074

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Soldiers in Revolt by Maggie Dwyer Pdf

Soldiers in Revolt examines the understudied phenomenon of military mutinies in Africa. Through interviews with former mutineers in Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, and The Gambia, the book provides a unique and intimate perspective on those who take the risky decision to revolt. This view from the lower ranks is key to comprehending the internal struggles that can threaten a military's ability to function effectively. Maggie Dwyer's detailed accounts of specific revolts are complemented by an original dataset of West African mutinies covering more than fifty years, allowing for the identification of trends. Her book shows the complex ways mutineers often formulate and interpret their grievances against a backdrop of domestic and global politics. Just as mutineers have been influenced by the political landscape, so too have they shaped it. Mutinies have challenged political and military leaders, spurred social unrest, led to civilian casualties, threatened peacekeeping efforts and, in extreme cases, resulted in international interventions. Soldiers in Revolt offers a better understanding of West African mutinies and mutinies in general, valuable not only for military studies but for anyone interested in the complex dynamics of African states.

Author : Samuel Decalo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300040431

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Coups & Army Rule in Africa by Samuel Decalo Pdf

With permanent military rule widespread throughout Africa, it is clearly important to understand the role of the military in this continent. In Coups and Army Rule in Africa, published in 1976, Samuel Decalo examined four lesser-studied French-African states--the Congo, Benin, Uganda, and Togo--to discover what actually happened when military replaced civilian rule. He argued that African armies cannot be viewed as cohesive, Westernized hierarchies intervening in the political arena from altruistic motives but are instead coteries of cliques composed of ambitious officers seeking self-advancement. Military rule, said Decalo, has not necessarily fostered socioeconomic or political development or stability. Now in a new edition of his provocative book, Decalo defends his position, adding another case study, Niger, bringing the text up to date, and providing a new section on the constraints on military rule in each case study.

Author : Y. Alex-Assensoh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780312292720

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African Military History and Politics by Y. Alex-Assensoh Pdf

Africa's former colonial masters, including Great Britain; France, Portugal and Spain, trained members and leaders of the various colonial Armed Forces to be politically non-partisan. Yet, the modern-day Armed Forces on the continent, made up of the Army, Police, Air Force and Navy, have become so politicized that many countries in Africa are today ruled or have already been ruled by military dictators through coups d'etat, occasionally for good reasons as the book points out. This book traces the historical-cum-political evolution of these events, and what bodes for Africa, where the unending military incursions into partisan politics are concerned.

Author : Mathurin C. Houngnikpo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317124306

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Guarding the Guardians by Mathurin C. Houngnikpo Pdf

The relationship between civil society and the armed forces is an essential part of any polity, democratic or otherwise, because a military force is after all a universal feature of social systems. Despite significant progress moving towards democracy among some African countries in the past decade, all too many African militaries have yet to accept core democratic principles regulating civilian authority over the military. This book explores the theory of civil-military relations and moves on to review the intrusion of the armed forces in African politics by looking first into the organization and role of the army in pre-colonial and colonial eras, before examining contemporary armies and their impact on society. Furthermore it revisits the various explanations of military takeovers in Africa and disentangles the notion of the military as the modernizing force. Whether as a revolutionary force, as a stabilizing force, or as a modernizing force, the military has often been perceived as the only organized and disciplined group with the necessary skills to uplift newly independent nations. The performance of Africa's military governments since independence, however, has soundly disproven this thesis. As such, this study conveys the necessity of new civil-military relations in Africa and calls not just for civilian control of the military but rather a democratic oversight of the security forces in Africa.

Author : J. Kandeh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781403978776

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Coups from Below by J. Kandeh Pdf

Coups from Below represents the first major effort at studying coups carried out by the lumpen section or the subalterns of the armed forces of African states. No previous study has attempted to examine coup making by those in the bottom ranks of the military as a distinct pattern of intervention in African studies. Kandeh examines this pattern as broadly symptomatic of state failure, especially the inability of political leaders to institutionalize power, eradicate mass poverty and promote socioeconomic development.

Author : Kristen A. Harkness
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108422475

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When Soldiers Rebel by Kristen A. Harkness Pdf

Soldiers rebel when leaders attempt to build or dismantle ethnic armies, posing a deep challenge to contemporary democratization efforts.

Author : Samuel Decalo
Publisher : New Haven : Yale University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300019955

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Coups and Army Rule in Africa by Samuel Decalo Pdf

Author : Philip Roessler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107176072

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Ethnic Politics and State Power in Africa by Philip Roessler Pdf

This book models the trade-off that rulers of weak, ethnically-divided states face between coups and civil war. Drawing evidence from extensive field research in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo combined with statistical analysis of most African countries, it develops a framework to understand the causes of state failure.

Author : Rigobert N. Butandu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 1420831755

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The Illegality of Military Coups and the U.s. Imbroglio in Africa by Rigobert N. Butandu Pdf

Military coup d'état is an immoral and illegal means to ascend to power. In Africa, the West directly or indirectly sponsors coups. France and the U.S. use this modus vivendi to establish territorial control and economical supremacy in Africa. As such, their actions contribute to the destabilization of Africa, and threaten international peace and world security. Indeed, ambiguity and unreasonableness are evident on this matter; while the West presses Africa with good governance, democracy, and respect of law, it also sabotages the establishment of such principles and values through support of coups and rebellions. Worst, the replacement of a legitimate and democratic regime with a military is a license to massive violations of human rights. Undeniably, a military regime is likely to foster international terrorism.