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State-Building and National Militaries in Postcolonial West Africa: Decolonizing the Means of Coercion 1958-1974

State-Building and National Militaries in Postcolonial West Africa: Decolonizing the Means of Coercion 1958-1974

Turtio, Riina

Paperback

Series: Western Africa, Book 18

African HistoryGeneral Military HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1847013422
ISBN13: 9781847013422
Publisher: James Currey
Published: Jan 24 2023
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Explores the fundamental role of the military in state-building in francophone postcolonial West Africa and how foreign economic and military aid has influenced it.

How did African armed forces in postcolonial states in francophone West Africa influence decolonization and state-building in African states? How did foreign assistance from ex-colonial powers, the USSR and the US and colonial state structures influence political systems, and sometimes result in weak and unstable governance? This book explores the development of national militaries in Cote d'Ivoire, Dahomey (now Benin), Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and Togo during the 1960s and 1970s. Revealing the strength of decision-making power by African political elites, the study also shows the decisive impact of foreign economic and military assistance on countries that did not experience a prolonged armed conflict. The author provides new insights into the way the decisions of African governments in building their national militaries impacted postcolonial states' autonomy, legitimacy, sovereign control and governance.

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