The handbook of African defence and armed forces /
The Handbook of African Defence and Armed Forces provides the first in-depth and multifaceted analysis of the evolution and current state of national defens policies, strategies, doctrines, capabilities, security challenges and strategic responses of African states and their armed forces. Geographic...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2025.
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| Summary: | The Handbook of African Defence and Armed Forces provides the first in-depth and multifaceted analysis of the evolution and current state of national defens policies, strategies, doctrines, capabilities, security challenges and strategic responses of African states and their armed forces. Geographically, these aspects are investigated at the national, sub-regional and regional levels. Chronologically, they are analyzed against the backdrop of the 'superpower withdrawal' from the continent in the 1990s, and the so-called 'New Scramble for Africa,' which has seen a crescendo of renewed great power interest in the continent's resources, as well as its strategic role, location and relevance since the 2000s. The book takes a bottom-up and African-centric approach, and is organized around five key themes, the differing security outlooks and defense policies of African powers within the region and the different sub-regions, the strategies, doctrines, transformation and employment of African armed forces, the relationship between African armed forces with sub-regional, regional and international organizations, the challenges that African states and their armed forces have been facing and their strategic responses and the position of African perspectives and agency in the context of continental and international security and defense. Understanding African security and defense, especially in terms of each individual nation's ability to contribute to peacekeeping operations, counterterrorism, border security and internal security requires a focus on the national level of armed forces and defense policies. This in turns sheds light on sub-regional and regional divergences, challenges and cooperation. Based on this framework, the chapters in this volume offer comprehensive African perspectives on African and international security and defense, and in doing so show the agency of the continent's countries and armed forces in international security and relations. |
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| Physical Description: | xxviii, 863 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198884668 0198884664 |