Forging Military Identity in Ccb

Ethno-politics has become a major force and source of conflict in the post-Cold War era. The challenge of the twenty-first century to military establishments in deeply plural societies is the formation of quasi-ethnic institutional unity from diverse ethnic groups to prevent national ethnic conflicts from being mirrored within the army.

List of contents

Forward

Daniel Zirker

1Introduction

Daniel Zirker

2The Army and Politics in Guinea

Mamadou Diouma Bah

3Military Identity in Nigeria

Ibikunle Adeakin

4Tanzania and Uganda: Contrasting Similarities

Daniel Zirker

5Ethnopolitics and the Military in Kenya

Thomas Stubbs

6 Political Ethnicity and the Military in Algeria

Yassine Belkamel

7Forging a Military Identity in Suriname

Paulo Gustavo Pellegrino Correa

8Conclusion

Daniel Zirker

About the author

Edited by Daniel Zirker - Contributions by Ibikunle Adeakin; Mamadou Diouma Bah; Yassine Belkamel; Paulo Gustavo Pellegrino Correa; Thomas Stubbs and Daniel Zirker

Summary

Ethno-politics has become a major force and source of conflict in the post-Cold War era. The challenge of the twenty-first century to military establishments in deeply plural societies is the formation of quasi-ethnic institutional unity from diverse ethnic groups to prevent national ethnic conflicts from being mirrored within the army.

Product details

• Assisted by: Daniel Zirker (Editor), Zirker Daniel (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2015
• EAN: 9781498507431
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0743-1
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, International Relations, Political science & theory, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science