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Combatants in African Conflicts: Professionals, Praetorians, Militias, Insurgents, and Mercenaries

Combatants in African Conflicts: Professionals, Praetorians, Militias, Insurgents, and Mercenaries

Taylor, Simon David

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Contemporary Africa

General Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 113847598X
ISBN13: 9781138475984
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 11 2022
Pages: 232
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book focuses on the different types of combatants in conflicts in Africa, exploring the fine lines between what might be classified as a militia in one conflict, a rebel in another, or a terrorist in a third.

Drawing on the work of Carl von Clausewitz, this book provides a conceptually stable and analytically sound new typology on combatants. Analysing the relationships between state and society, and drawing on Clausewitz's Trinity of passion, chance, and reason, the book presents a set of five types of armed actors: Professionals, Praetorians, Militias, Insurgents, and Mercenaries. Each type is developed through a close reading of foundational theoretical texts, reviews of contemporary studies, and a historical analysis of their unique characteristics. Unlike a reductionist binary perspective, this typology accounts for the dynamic, complex, and evolving relationships of these actors with the state and society.

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