Combatants in African Conflicts - Professionals, Praetorians, Militias, Insurgents, and Mercenaries (Hardcover)

This book focuses on the different types of combatants in conflicts in Africa, exploring the fine lines between what might be classified as a militia in one conflict, a rebel in another, or a terrorist in a third. Drawing on the work of Carl von Clausewitz, this book provides a conceptually stable and analytically sound new typology on combatants. Analysing the relationships between state and society, and drawing on Clausewitz's Trinity of passion, chance, and reason, the book presents a set of five types of armed actors: Professionals, Praetorians, Militias, Insurgents, and Mercenaries. Each type is developed through a close reading of foundational theoretical texts, reviews of contemporary studies, and a historical analysis of their unique characteristics. Unlike a reductionist binary perspective, this typology accounts for the dynamic, complex, and evolving relationships of these actors with the state and society. A typology of combatants in conflicts in Africa can provide avenues for more in-depth analysis of such conflicts and holds implications for Security Sector Reform projects and other peace-building programmes. As such, this book will be an essential reference for scholars and students of African Politics and Military and Security Studies.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Contemporary Africa
Release date:	May 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Simon David Taylor
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-47598-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General
LSN:	1-138-47598-X
Barcode:	9781138475984

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