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Author : Kent Hughes Butts
Release : 1996-01-09
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Armies and Democracy in the New Africa by : Kent Hughes Butts
Download or read book Armies and Democracy in the New Africa written by Kent Hughes Butts. This book was released on 1996-01-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1994, the Strategic Studies Institute sponsored a roundtable on democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa. Particular attention was paid to the role the U.S. military and Department of Defense played in democracy support. This study developed from a paper presented at the roundtable. Dr. Butts and Dr. Metz reject the notion that the political culture of African states allows or even encourages military intervention in politics. Drawing on case studies from Nigeria and South Africa, they contend that if the fragile democracies in Sub- Saharan Africa are to be sustained, African militaries must be extricated from politics and take decisive steps toward the type of military professionalism seen in stable democracies around the world. U.S. national interests in Sub-Saharan Africa are so limited that the region will receive only a very small proportion of the human, political, military, and economic resources devoted to American national security strategy. This makes efficiency imperative. Dr. Butts and Dr. Metz argue that if U.S. strategic resources are used wisely in Africa, they can have the desired effect. In particular, the U.S. military can play an important part in helping African militaries professionalize. They close with concrete proposals through which the U.S. Department of Defense and the Army could more effectively support African democratization.
Author : George Klay Kieh
Release : 2004
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Military and Politics in Africa by : George Klay Kieh
Download or read book The Military and Politics in Africa written by George Klay Kieh. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike other publications on the military and politics in Africa which focus on one or two aspects of the involvement of the military in African politics, this text provides a comprehensive evaluation of the various aspects of military intervention. Such a collection provides useful insights into the military's role in African politics from initial intervention to the performance of military regimes, as well as to disengagement, reengagement, consolidation and finally, the offering of ways to control the problem of intervention.
Author : Adeoye Akinola
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Book Synopsis The Resurgence of Military Coups and Democratic Relapse in Africa by : Adeoye Akinola
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Author : Pax D. T. Nkomo
Release : 1999
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis The Military and Nation Building by : Pax D. T. Nkomo
Download or read book The Military and Nation Building written by Pax D. T. Nkomo. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After forty years of independence. African countries are still battling with the problem of nation building. This thesis examines the possibility of the military playing a direct role in ethnic integration. The variables, which may determine the military's ability to affect national integration, are the political elite, the state and society. It is found that at lower levels of development, these variables do not support the military in the direction of national integration but they do so at higher levels of development. The issue that arises from this finding is whether African countries should wait for development to occur in the hope that it will bring national integration with it. On the other hand, lack of integration causes mistrust. tensions and conflicts, which weaken the thrust to development. African countries should therefore find methods of political organization that reduce such tensions and conflicts in order to facilitate development and consequently national integration. It is this need for stability that the culturally adaptive mode of political organization is recommended for African countries.
