| African Military History and Politics: Coups and Ideological Incursions, 1900-Present Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Alex-Assensoh, Y. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349386707 ISBN-13: 9781349386703 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Security (national & International) - History | Africa - General |
| Dewey: 327 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6" W x 9" (0.73 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |