Coups and Army Rule in Africa: Motivations and Constraints, Second Edition

By Samuel Decalo and Professor Samuel Decalo

Book Overview

Samuel Decalo presents detailed evidence from Dahomey, Togo, Congo/Brazzaville, and Uganda that African military coups are engineered by coteries of cliques composed of ambitious officers seeking self-advancement. He successfully refutes prevailing theories that military rule has fostered socioeconomic or political development or stability.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300040431
• ISBN13: 9780300040432
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.6"