This edited volume examines the cases of four African military leaders who had enormous impact on the continent and beyond. These military officers, and later h

Africa's former colonial masters, including Great Britain; France, Portugal and Spain, trained members and leaders of the various colonial Armed Forces to be po

The relationship between civil society and the armed forces is an essential part of any polity, democratic or otherwise, because a military force is after all a

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