The Political Impact of African Military Leaders: Soldiers as Intellectuals, Nationalists, Pan-Africanists, and Statesmen

Abidde, Sabella Ogbobode, Kumah-Abiwu, Felix

  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-06-29
  • 售價: $5,620
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$5,339
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 340
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 3031314298
  • ISBN-13: 9783031314292
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商品描述

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 heads of state -- Jerry Rawlings of Ghana; Moammar Gaddafi of Libya; Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso; and Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt - were provocative and polarizing figures, beloved domestically but mostly viewed with suspicion and hostility by foreign governments. This volume studies these leaders as a group, engaging in a critical but systematic examination of their personalities, leadership styles, official performance, legacies, and their continuing impact on the future and political destiny of the continent. Providing a survey of controversial but important African political figures, this volume will be of use to scholars and students in the social sciences, especially those interested in African history, African studies, military science, Black studies, political science, leadership studies, and the politics of developing nations.

作者簡介

Sabella Ogbobode Abidde is Professor of Political Science and a member of the graduate faculty at Alabama State University, US, where he teaches courses in comparative politics, international relations, African politics and institutions, and the politics of developing nations. Dr. Abidde is an interdisciplinary scholar with a Ph.D. in African Studies, World Affairs, Public Policy and Development Studies from Howard University. His scholarship includes published volumes on Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. He is editor of the Springer book series Africa-East Asia International Relations.

Felix Kumah-Abiwu is an Associate Professor at the Department of Africana Studies at Kent State University in the United States. He is also the Founding Director of the Center for African Studies at Kent State. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from West Virginia University. His research focuses on political leadership in Africa, the politics of development, African security issues, elections and democratization, foreign policy analysis, African American males/public education, global narcotics policy, and African-centered theories.


作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Sabella Ogbobode Abidde 是美國阿拉巴馬州立大學的政治學教授及研究生院成員,他教授比較政治、國際關係、非洲政治與機構以及發展中國家的政治等課程。Abidde 博士是一位跨學科的學者,擁有霍華德大學的非洲研究、世界事務、公共政策和發展研究的博士學位。他的學術著作包括關於非洲、拉丁美洲和加勒比地區的出版作品。他是 Springer 出版社非洲-東亞國際關係書系的編輯。

Felix Kumah-Abiwu 是美國肯特州立大學非洲研究系的副教授。他也是肯特州立大學非洲研究中心的創始主任。他在西維吉尼亞大學獲得政治學博士學位。他的研究重點包括非洲的政治領導、發展政治、非洲安全問題、選舉與民主化、外交政策分析、非裔美國男性/公共教育、全球毒品政策以及以非洲為中心的理論。