COLONIAL ARMY RECRUITMENT PATTERNS AND POST-COLONIAL MILITARY COUPS D’ÉTAT IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF NIGERIA, 1966-1993
Since time immemorial, societies, states and state builders have been challenged and transformed by the need and quest for military manpower.1 European states relied on conscript armies to ‘pacify’ and retain colonies in parts of the non-European world. These facts underscore the meticulous attentio...
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| Language: | Afrikaans |
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Stellenbosch University
2011-08-01
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| Series: | Scientia Militaria |
| Online Access: | http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/31 |