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Title: | Continuity and Discontinuity in African Military Organization |
Author: | Welch, Claude E. |
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. |