The Military and Revolution in Ghana

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Title:	The Military and Revolution in Ghana
Author:	Hansen, Emmanuel
Year:	1982
Periodical:	Journal of African Marxists
Issue:	2
Period:	August
Pages:	4-21
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ghana
Subjects:	coups d'état 1981 defence Politics and Government nationalism Military, Defense and Arms
Abstract:	Flt. Lt. Jerry Rawlings insists on calling his second intervention of December 31, 1981, in which he overthrew the civilian government of Dr. Hilla Limann, a Revolution. Does this mean it is in some qualitative sense different from other types of military intervention which Ghana has experienced? In order to grasp its real significance, it is necessary to examine the whole question of military involvement in politics historically in order to situate this particular intervention in a specific conjuncture of social, historical and class forces. Bibliogr., sum. in French and Portuguese.