1st Edition

Military Regimes in Africa

By William Gutteridge Copyright 1975
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1975, this book examines the achievements of, and problems encountered by, African military regimes in office. It begins with 2 chapters discussing trends in the formation and organization of African armies and the influence on these armies of the colonial legacy. The author then studies 6 case histories in detail. His findings show that, though there are certain... Read more

1. A Decade of Coups 2. The Professional Legacy of Colonial Rule 3. Military Rule in Ghana 4. Francophone Africa – Dahomey 5. The Role of the military in Nigeria 1966-74 6. Mobutu’s Zaïre 1965-74 7. General Amin’s Uganda 8. The Military in the Sudan 9. Conclusions.

Biography

W. F. Gutteridge

Review of original edition of Military Regimes in Africa:

‘His present study is predictably informative and competent.’ Noam J. Pines, African Studies, 36:1