1st Edition

Military Disengagement from Politics

Edited By Constantine P. Danopoulos Copyright 1988
308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1988, Military Disengagement from Politics explores the reasons and conditions for military withdrawal from politics. It gives an in-depth analysis of specific grounds and circumstances of a representative list of countries whose military intervened, ruled, and eventually withdrew allowing for either full-scale civilian rule, or a more circumscribed set up in which the armed... Read more

1. Military Withdrawal from Politics
Roger Hamburg

2. Military Disengagement from Politics: The Sudan
Ann Mosely Lesch

3. Bolivia: Disengagement and Democratisation
Eduardo A. Gamarra

4. Nigeria: The Uncertainty of a Long-Term Legitimation of Political Leadership
Frederic Belle Torimiro

5. Limited Disengagement of the Military from Thai Politics
M. Ladd Thomas

6. Guatemala: The Politics of Military Withdrawal in a Polarised Society
Frank Mazzella

7. Military Disengagement from Politics: El Salvador
Larry L. Pippin

8. Egypt: Thirty-Five Years of Praetorian Politics
Kirk J. Beattie

9. Democratisation of Golpe: The Experience of Modern Portugal
Constantine P. Danopoulos

10. Civil-Military Relations and Military Disengagement
Yorgos A. Kourvetaris

Biography

Constantine P. Danopoulos teaches Political Science at San José State University, USA.

Review of the first publication:

‘This book makes a welcome attempt to fill a long-neglected gap…’

— E. Moxon-Browne, Queen’s University, Belfast