Author: Constantine Panos Danopoulos
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN:
Category : Civil-military relations
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Author: Max Siollun
Publisher: Hurst & Company
ISBN: 1787382028
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363

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In the cataclysmic decade that is the focus of this book, Nigeria was subject to several near-death experiences. These began when the country nearly tore itself apart after the northern-led military government annulled the results of a 1993 presidential election won by the southerner Moshood Abiola, and ended with former military ruler General Olusegun Obasanjo being the unlikely conduit of democracy. This mini-history of a nation's life also reflects on three mesmerizing protagonists who personified that era. First up is Abiola: the multi-billionaire businessman who had his election victory voided by the generals who made him rich, and who was later assassinated. General Sani Abacha was the mysterious, reclusive ruler under whose watch Abiola was arrested and pro-democracy activists (including Abiola's wife) were murdered. He also oversaw a terrifying Orwellian state security operation. Although Abacha is today reviled as a tyrant, the author eschews selective amnesia, reminding Nigerians that they goaded him into seizing power. The third protagonist is Obasanjo, who emerged from prison to return to power as an elected civilian leader. The penumbra of military rule still looms over Nigeria nearly twenty years after the soldiers departed, and key personalities featured in this book remain in government, including the current president.

Author: Constantine P Danopoulos
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000315797
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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Many generous people deserve special thanks for their assistance in the preparation and completion of this project. I wish to express my gratitude to each of the contributors for agreeing to tackle a difficult and inherently controversial subject. I am only sorry that C.I. Eugene Kim did not live long enough to see the fruits of his labor; he will be sorely missed by all of us who knew him. The Third World and the military do not respond easily to scrutiny by social scientists. Many colleagues and referees read all or part of the manuscript; I am grateful to Professors Richard Lane, Roy Christman, and Bob Kumamoto of San Jose State University and Timothy Lukes of Santa Clara University, who offered numerous helpful• comments. My parents, Panos and Athanasia Danopoulos, my brother George and his wife, Niki, my aunt Areti Paraskevopoulou, and my koumbaro George Nikoletopoulos have provided boundless moral support. Polly Taylor's expert typing and coding made the preparation of the typescript possible. Finally, my wife, Vickie, and our two sons, Panos and Andreas, deserve special thanks for their willingness to endure the long hours that writing and manuscript preparation entail. Though helpful, none of these people bear any responsibility for any problems associated with this volume. Responsibility for the accuracy and scholastic quality of what follows belongs to the contributors and myself.

Author: Yaprak Gursoy
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472130420
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329

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Examines military interventions in Greece, Turkey, Thailand, and Egypt, and the military's role in authoritarian and democratic regimes

Author: Golam Wahed Choudhury
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN:
Category : Pakistan
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military provides unprecedentedinsight into the fascinating political history of this alliance'sorigins and explores Pakistan's quest for identity and security. Inthis provocative history, Carnegie Scholar Husain Haqqani reveals thedepth of links between the Pakistani military and Islamists, whiledetailing the risks of this "unholy alliance" for theUnited States. Tracing how the military has sought U.S. support bymaking itself useful for concerns-of-the-moment -- whilecontinuing to strengthen the mosque-military alliance within Pakistan-- the book offers an alternative view of political developmentsin Pakistan since independence in 1947.

Author: Harold A. Trinkunas
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807877034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Unlike most other emerging South American democracies, Venezuela has not succumbed to a successful military coup d'etat during four decades of democratic rule. What drives armed forces to follow the orders of elected leaders? And how do emerging democracies gain that control over their military establishments? Harold Trinkunas answers these questions in an examination of Venezuela's transition to democracy following military rule and its attempts to institutionalize civilian control of the military over the past sixty years, a period that included three regime changes. Trinkunas first focuses on the strategic choices democratizers make about the military and how these affect the internal civil-military balance of power in a new regime. He then analyzes a regime's capacity to institutionalize civilian control, looking specifically at Venezuela's failures and successes in this arena during three periods of intense change: the October revolution (1945-48), the Pact of Punto Fijo period (1958-98), and the Fifth Republic under President Hugo Chavez (1998 to the present). Placing Venezuela in comparative perspective with Argentina, Chile, and Spain, Trinkunas identifies the bureaucratic mechanisms democracies need in order to sustain civilian authority over the armed forces.

Author: Robert Pinkney
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1003850669
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 145

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Originally published in 1972, this book examines the way in which the military/police regime in Ghana, which overthrew President Nkrumah in February 1966, performed two overlapping tasks – those of establishing itself as a recognised government, and of pursuing its chosen objective of eventually restoring democratic civilian rule. The author, who conducted interviews with people at many levels in Ghanaian politics, including the majority of members of General Ankrah’s Cabinet, traces the progress of the military regime, showing that it was successful in building up public support and opening up new political avenues, but that it was unable to make any fundamental economic changes. He argues that to understand the operation of the military government, it is necessary to look at its relationship with most influential sections of the civilian population, and clearly demonstrates that without the co-operation of such civilians, the new regime could never have achieved as much as it did.

Author: Larry Diamond
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801855368
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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Based on a conference held in Washington, DC, 13-14 Mar 1995.

Author: Fatih Çağatay Cengiz
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004435565
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 279

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In Turkey: The Pendulum between Military Rule and Civilian Authoritarianism, Fatih Çağatay Cengiz explains Turkey’s trajectory of military and civilian authoritarianism while offering an alternative framework for understanding the Kemalist state and state-society relations.

Author: Christopher Clapham
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000347532
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229

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First published in 1985, The Political Dilemmas of Military Regimes was written against the backdrop of the increased prominence of military intervention in the political process during this century. The book puts forward the argument that the basic problem for military regimes is not how they gain power, but what they can do with it once they have it. It discusses the enormous range of cultural and historical circumstances that military organisations are derived from, and how widely they vary in their structure, politics, and social composition. The book also highlights the dilemma of choosing between institutionalisation and demilitarisation as one that all military regimes must eventually face. The Political Dilemmas of Military Regimes is an in-depth study that draws on global material and experiences from throughout the century.