Samuel Fury Childs Daly

Soldier's Paradise

Militarism in Africa After Empire

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Produktbeschreibung

Samuel Fury Childs Daly tell the history of how Africa’s postcolonial military regimes tried and ultimately failed to transform their societies into martial utopias.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781478030836
• ISBN-10: 1478030836
• Artikelnr.: 69674414

Autorenporträt

Samuel Fury Childs Daly

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction  1
Part I. Militarism as a Civilization
1. The Master’s Tools: The Inheritance of Colonialism  37
2. The Soldier’s Creed: Discipline as an Ideology  65
3. The Portable Coup: The Jurisprudence of Military “Revolution”  101
Part II. Militarism’s Legal Forms
4. Oracles and Autocrats: The Uses of Customary Law  123
5. Fela Kuti Goes to Court: The Spectacle of Inquiry  143
6. The Gift of Martial Law: Military Tribunals for Civilians  167
Coda: Militarism’s Denouement  189
Notes  209
Bibliography  249
Index  275