The Military in African politics

Author(s)

• Harbeson, John W. (John Willis)
• Johns Hopkins University. School of Advanced International Studies

Bibliographic Information

The Military in African politics

edited by John W. Harbeson

Praeger, 1987

Note

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

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

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

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA03809817
• ISBN:
  • 0275922952
• LCCN: 86030641
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 197 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DT30.5
  • DC19 : 322/.5/096
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
  • LCSH : Military government -- Africa