African Military History and Politics: Coups and Ideological Incursions, 1900-Present

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: Y. Alex-Assensoh
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/02/2003
Pages: 226
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9781349386703

About the Author
A. B. ASSENSOH is Associate Professor in the Afro-American Studies Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

YVETTE ALEX-ASSENSOH is Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.