The Military Intervenes Case Studies in Political Development / Edited by Henry Bienen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bienen, Henry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political development.

Armed Forces--Political activity.

Armed Forces.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

New York, Russell Sage Foundation, 1968.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the mechanisms of military intervention and its consequences.The contributors examine a succession of coups, attempted coups, and established military regimes, with a view to evaluate the role of the military as a ruling group and an organization fostering political development.

Contents:

Preface, by M. Janowitz.

Introduction, by H. Bienen.

The initial involvement; Sub-Saharan Africa: The military in Ethiopian politics, capabilities and constraints, by D. N. Levine. Public order and the military in Africa; mutinies in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika, by H. Bienen. Military intervention in the new states of tropical Africa, elements of comparative analysis, by A. R. Zolberg.

After the seizure of power; the struggle for stability; Political dominance and political failure, the role of the military in the Republic of Korea, by J. S. Sohn.

Institutionalized intervention: Intervention and extrication; the officer corps in the Turkish crisis, by N. Yalman. Disunity and disorder, fractional politics in the Argentine military, by P. B. Springer.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

1-61044-054-4

OCLC:

915565555