The Military in African Politics

by John Harbeson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275922955
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/15/1987
Series:	SAIS Studies on Africa
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

JOHN W. HARBESON is currently the Director of International Studies at the City College of New York as well as Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York.

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