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  title info:
    title: State-Building and National Militaries in Postcolonial West Africa
    sub title: Decolonizing the Means of Coercion 1958-1974
  name:
    name part: Turtio, Riina.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Walter de Gruyter & Co
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    place:
      place term: Woodbridge
    publisher: Boydell and Brewer, Limited
    date issued: 2023
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (373 pages).
  abstract: Explores the fundamental role of the military in state-building in francophone postcolonial West Africa and how foreign economic and military aid has influenced it.
  table of contents: Front cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Peaceful Decolonization and the Cold War -- Armed Forces and State-building: The Development of National Militaries in West Africa -- Sources and Methodology -- Objectives and Structure of the Book -- 2 Autonomy: Foreign Assistance and African Decision-making -- The Pros and Cons of Neutralism: The Reliance of Guinea and Mali on the Soviet Union -- Life Insurance: French Relations with the Presidents of Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal -- Surviving on Leftovers: Building National Militaries with Limited Resources
  table of contents: Conclusion -- 3 Sovereignty: Strategies to Control Populations and Territories -- Coopting States: Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal -- Coercive States: Guinea and Mali -- Centralized States: Niger and Upper Volta -- Conclusion -- 4 Legitimacy and Colonial Legacies: The Use of Force and Institutions of Coercion -- Blood Tax: West African Soldiers in the French Army -- From 'Mercenaries' to a People's Armed Force: Military Building in Guinea -- Relying on France: Continuity in Colonial Structures in Côte d'Ivoire -- A Reverence for Warriors: The Postcolonial Importance of Soldiers in Upper Volta
  table of contents: Conclusion -- 5 Governance: Control and Command of the Armed Forces -- A Revolutionary Army Eats Itself: The Soviet Model in Guinea and Mali -- Economic Liberalism vs Multiparty Democracy: Ivorian and Senegalese Decision-making -- Nigerien and Voltaic Soldiers: Guardians of the Treasury? -- Conclusion -- 6 Conclusion: Legacies of Control -- Bibliography -- Index
  note: Description based upon print version of record.
  subject:
    topic: Nation-building
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Postcolonialism
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Reconstruction d'une nation
    topic: Histoire
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY / Military / General
  subject:
    topic: Military History
  subject:
    topic: African Studies
  classification: JZ6300 .T878 2023
  classification: 322.50966
  related item:
    title info:
      title: State-Building and National Militaries in Postcolonial West Africa
    name:
      name part: Turtio, Riina
    origin info:
      publisher: Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, Limited,c2023
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Western Africa Ser
  identifier: 9781800108127
  identifier: 1800108125
  identifier: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/openurl
  record info:
    record content source: EBLCP
    record creation date: 230304
    record change date: 20260713191258.6
    record identifier: in00005788156
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng