| Abstract: | This analysis indicates that there is need for a greater scepticism in assessments of the noble self-justifications given for coups in sub-saharan Africa. Motives for coups frequently include factors that are internal to the balance of power in the Army itself and personalist ambitions or corporate interests therein. However, the officer corps is not much different from the civilian elites they replace in terms of either honesty, dedication and idealism or ambition and avarice. If anything, military rulers appear to be somewhat more modest in their aspirations. But African military regimes tend to be as unstable and incapable of initiating major systemic changes as the civilian regimes they replace. Notes; Table with military data and incidence of coups. |
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