Combatants in African Conflicts
Professionals, Praetorians, Militias, Insurgents, and Mercenaries
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 foundat…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-351-06545-0
- EAN: 9781351065450
- Produktnummer: 37768152
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Abbildungen: 10 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 10 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen
Über den Autor
Simon Taylor is a former senior Foreign Service officer at the South African Department of International Relations and Co-operation, and holds a Master of Social Science from the University of Cape Town and a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He writes on African history, diplomacy, terrorism and security issues.
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