Coups and army rule in Africa : studies in military style / Samuel Decalo
New Haven : Yale University Press, 1976. 1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #413383
ISBN: 0300019424
Physical description; x, 284 pages : maps ; 21 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-268) and index. Contents; Military coups and military regimes in Africa -- The army in a Praetorian state: Dahomey -- The benevolent general: Military rule in Togo -- Revolutionary rhetoric and army cliques in Congo/Brazzaville -- The politics of the personalist coup: Uganda -- Modalities of military rule in Africa. Subjects; Since 1960. Armed Forces Political activity. Politics and government Putsch. Military government. Military government Politics. Government, Post-War Period. 20th Century - Armed Forces. Military Rule. Military government Africa, Sub-Saharan. Armed Forces Political activity. Politics and government - Africa Politics and government 1960-.
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