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Author : Mary Borden
Release : 1933
Genre : Marriage
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Book Synopsis The Technique of Marriage by : Mary Borden
Download or read book The Technique of Marriage written by Mary Borden. This book was released on 1933. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Johns Hopkins University. School of Advanced International Studies
Release : 1987-05-15
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Military in African Politics by : Johns Hopkins University. School of Advanced International Studies
Download or read book The Military in African Politics written by Johns Hopkins University. School of Advanced International Studies. This book was released on 1987-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concern of this book is with military rulers as political actors in contemporary Africa. Much of Africa has been under military rule during the quarter century since a majority of the countries attained their political independence. Yet studies of military rule have focused on when and how to predict the occurrence of military rule and on distinguishing between military and civilian rule. The concern of the contributors to this volume, by contrast, is the political behavior of officers once in power: how they have ruled; what has been the significance of military rule on the character of political systems in the affected countries; and how problems of regime succession have been addressed by military rulers.--Preface.
Author : Y. Alex-Assensoh
Release : 2002-01-11
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis African Military History and Politics by : Y. Alex-Assensoh
Download or read book African Military History and Politics written by Y. Alex-Assensoh. This book was released on 2002-01-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : 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 : Mathurin C. Houngnikpo
Release : 2016-04-22
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Guarding the Guardians by : Mathurin C. Houngnikpo
Download or read book Guarding the Guardians written by Mathurin C. Houngnikpo. This book was released on 2016-04-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
