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

by Yvette Marie Alex-Assensoh, A.B. Assensoh, Y. Alex-Assensoh

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312240392
• ISBN13: 9780312240394
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"