Description |
x, 255 p. ; 22 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-244) and index. |
Contents |
Class dimensions of military coups -- Situating the militariat -- Historicizing the militariat -- Ghana: mainstreaming "Junior Jesus" -- Liberia: "No Doe, No Liberia" -- Burkina Faso: "Robin Hood of the Sahel" -- Sierra Leone: "Sobels" and "Foot of State" -- The Gambia: despot from Kannillai. |
Subject |
Civil-military relations -- Africa, West.
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Military government -- Africa, West.
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Coups d'etat -- Africa, West.
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ISBN |
1403967156 |
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9781403967152 |
Standard No. |
NLGGC 263910148 |
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