Combatants in African Conflicts : Professionals, Praetorians, Militias, Insurgents, and Mercenaries Paperback / softback
by Simon David (St Andrews University, USA) Taylor
Part of the Routledge Contemporary Africa series
Paperback / softback
Description
This book focuses on the different types of combatants in conflicts in Africa, exploring the fine lines between what might be classified as a militia in one conflict, a rebel in another, or a terrorist in a third. Drawing on the work of Carl von Clausewitz, this book provides a conceptually stable and analytically sound new typology on combatants.
Analysing the relationships between state and society, and drawing on Clausewitz's Trinity of passion, chance, and reason, the book presents a set of five types of armed actors: Professionals, Praetorians, Militias, Insurgents, and Mercenaries.
Each type is developed through a close reading of foundational theoretical texts, reviews of contemporary studies, and a historical analysis of their unique characteristics.
Unlike a reductionist binary perspective, this typology accounts for the dynamic, complex, and evolving relationships of these actors with the state and society.
A typology of combatants in conflicts in Africa can provide avenues for more in-depth analysis of such conflicts and holds implications for Security Sector Reform projects and other peace-building programmes.
As such, this book will be an essential reference for scholars and students of African Politics and Military and Security Studies.
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Pre-Order
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:232 pages, 10 Line drawings, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:27/05/2024
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- ISBN:9781032219646
Information
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Pre-Order
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:232 pages, 10 Line drawings, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:27/05/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032219646
