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

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

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 this book points out. The authors trace the historico-political evolution of these events, and their implications for Africa, where the military incursions into partisan politics are seemingly unending.

215 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002