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Title:Continuity and Discontinuity in African Military Organization
Author:Welch, Claude E.ISNI
Year:1975
Periodical:Journal of Modern African Studies
Volume:13
Issue:2
Period:June
Pages:229-248
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:military history
Military, Defense and Arms
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/160191
Abstract:This article argues three major points: 1) pre-colonial African societies varied dramatically their forms of military organisation; 2) the colonial intrusion broke the organic ties that existed between military and social organisations; 3) African governments must carry out a significant revision of the patterns of civil-military relations inherited from colonial rule, lest the political power exercised by the armed forces continue to grow unabated. Sections: pre-colonial military organisation - unresolved research issues - civil-military relations under colonial rule - towards new forms of military organisation. Notes.
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