Coups & Army Rule in Africa
Coups & Army Rule in Africa

Author: Samuel Decalo

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9780300040432

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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.

Military Regimes in Africa
Military Regimes in Africa

Author: W. F. Gutteridge

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-12-20

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1003801595

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Originally published in 1975, this book examines the achievements of, and problems encountered by, African military regimes in office. It begins with 2 chapters discussing trends in the formation and organization of African armies and the influence on these armies of the colonial legacy. The author then studies 6 case histories in detail. His findings show that, though there are certain typical commonalities, each regime has its own particular characteristics. This will be of interest to students of African, military and colonial studies.

Military Regimes in Africa
Military Regimes in Africa

Author: William Gutteridge

Publisher: Methuen Publishing

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13:

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Monograph on the political leadership achievements and political power problems encountered by military governments in selected countries of Africa south of Sahara - discusses the formation and organization of armed forces and the influence of colonialism, and includes case studies of military political behaviour in Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, zaire, Uganda and the Sudan. Bibliography pp. 187 to 189, map and references.

Military Coups in Sub-Saharan Africa
Military Coups in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: Staffan Wiking

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13:

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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.

Military Coups in West Africa Since the Sixties
Military Coups in West Africa Since the Sixties

Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13:

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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.

African Military History and Politics
African Military History and Politics

Author: Y. Alex-Assensoh

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2002-01-11

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0312292724

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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.

Democratization and Military Coups in Africa
Democratization and Military Coups in Africa

Author: George Klay Kieh Jr.

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-11-04

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1793643075

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Democratization and Military Coups in Africa: Post-1990 Political Conflicts studies the seemingly endless cycle of coups that have occurred in Africa since the “Free Officers Coup” of 1952 in Egypt. Unfortunately, after more than three decades of the “third wave of democratization” that began in the 1990’s, military coups remain a firm figure on the African political landscape. Although the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and its successor, the African Union (AU), have developed and implemented anti-coup norms, they have not deterred coup-makers. Contributors to this volume analyze the major fault lines in the body politics of African states that have created the conditions for coup-making and offer suggestions for ending the cycle of coups. Using countries such as Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, and Sudan as case studies, each chapter studies the causes, effects, and evolution of military coups in Africa in order to show that eliminating military coups will require identifying and addressing the root causes of the coup in each affected state.