ISBN:
0-416-78230-2 (paperback)
,
0-416-78240-X (hardback)
,
978-0-416-78230-1
,
978-0-416-78240-0
Language:
English
Pages:
195 Seiten
,
Karte
Edition:
First published
Series Statement:
Studies in African History 11
Keywords:
Afrika Afrika, Subsahara
;
Ghana
;
Dahomey
;
Nigeria
;
Demokratische Republik Kongo
;
Uganda
;
Sudan
;
Politik und Gesellschaft
;
Militärregierung
;
Diktatur
;
Geschichte
;
Geschichte, politische
;
Pan-Afrikanismus
;
Anthropologie, politische
;
Amin Dada, Idi [Leben und Werk]
;
Gowon, Yakubu [Leben und Werk]
;
Mobutu, Sese Seko [Leben und Werk]
;
Nkrumah, Kwame [Leben und Werk]
;
Ojukwu, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu [Leben und Werk]
;
Soglo, Christophe [Leben und Werk]
Abstract:
"Between Januaty 1963 and the end of February 1966 there were fourteen signifiant cases of poitical intervention by military in Africa. By the end of 1970 the total number of relevant major incidents in Africa in eight years was near to thirty." Why should military coups be so frequent in the newly-independent African countries? Is military government perhaps in some cases the most satifactory, or even the only, form of government capable of stabilizing a politically fragile and disunited country?Since Mr Gutteridge wrote The military in African politics in 1969, there has been ample opportunity for the military regimes he described to prove their ability. In this book the emphasis is rather on the achievements of, and problem encountered by, military regimes in office, than on simply how they came to power. It begins with two 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 six case histories in some detail. His findings show that, though there are certain typical characteristics, each regime has its own particular colouring ; and he makes the interesting point that the policies and behaviour of military rules have not proved very different from those of their civilian predecessors. Mr Gutteridge's study will be of great interst to students of military and colonial history and African studies. ( Umschlagtext)
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface -- A decade of coups -- The professional legacy of colonial rule -- Military rule in Ghana -- Francophone Africa - Dahomey -- The rôle of the military in Nigeria, 1866-74 -- Mobutu's Zaïre 1965-74 -- General Amin's Uganda -- The military in the Sudan -- Conclusions -- Short bibliography -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 187-189
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