[PDF] African Military Politics In The Sahel eBook

Author : Sabella Ogbobode Abidde
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 30,29 MB
Release : 2023-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3031314271

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This edited volume examines the cases of four African military leaders who had enormous impact on the continent and beyond. These military officers, and later heads of state -- Jerry Rawlings of Ghana; Moammar Gaddafi of Libya; Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso; and Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt – were provocative and polarizing figures, beloved domestically but mostly viewed with suspicion and hostility by foreign governments. This volume studies these leaders as a group, engaging in a critical but systematic examination of their personalities, leadership styles, official performance, legacies, and their continuing impact on the future and political destiny of the continent. Providing a survey of controversial but important African political figures, this volume will be of use to scholars and students in the social sciences, especially those interested in African history, African studies, military science, Black studies, political science, leadership studies, and the politics of developing nations.

Author : Katharina P. W. Döring
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 19,44 MB
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1009362259

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Based on extensive empirical research, Katharina P.W. Döring analyses the politics surrounding military deployments in the Sahel since 2012 and stresses the agency of regional organizations in African-led military interventions. Drawing on insights from critical geography, she considers the role that space plays in the power dynamics of the region.

Author : Y. Alex-Assensoh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 39,15 MB
Release : 2002-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0312292724

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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 : Simon Baynham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 22,38 MB
Release : 2021-05-12
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : 9780367677268

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First published in 1986, Military Power and Politics in Black Africa explores many themes that concerned military power and politics in sub-Saharan Africa at the time of publication. Adopting a thematic approach, the book considers the nature of both intervention and disengagement and looks at the relationship between civilian and military institutions. The final chapters put forward arguments for the importance of foreign intervention in the politics and civil-military relations of African states.