LEADER 04334nam 2200469 450 001 9910744506503321 005 20231110011314.0 010 $a3-031-31427-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-31427-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30611302 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30611302 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-31427-8 035 $a(EXLCZ)9927279106600041 100 $a20231110d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Political Impact of African Military Leaders $eSoldiers As Intellectuals, Nationalists, Pan-Africanists, and Statesmen /$fSabella Ogbobode Abidde and Felix Kumah-Abiwu, editors 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland AG,$d[2023] 210 4$d©2023 215 $a1 online resource (356 pages) 225 1 $aContributions to Political Science Series 311 08$aPrint version: Abidde, Sabella Ogbobode The Political Impact of African Military Leaders Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031314261 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSection One: Military Engagement And Leadership In Africa -- 1. The Colonial Origins of African Military and Its Implications for African Politics -- 2. A Survey of Military Coup D?état 1953-2021 -- 3. The Political Economy of Colonial and Post-Colonial African Military -- 4. Post-Colonialism and Elite Contestation for Political Power in Africa -- 5. Leadership, Unconstitutional Changes and Functions of Governments in East Africa -- Section Two: The Revolutionary Comrades In Ghana And Burkina Faso.-6. Jerry Rawlings and Thomas Sankara: Intellectuals, Populists, Revolutionaries, Pan-Africanists -- 7. Third Era of Jerry Rawlings as a Democratic President (1993-2001): Ideology and Leadership Style -- 8. Thomas Sankara: A Brief Biography -- 9. A Review of Thomas Sankara?s Engagement with Education and Culture During the Burkina Revolution: 1983-1987 -- 10. Thomas Sankara: Ideology and Leadership Style -- 11. Thomas Sankara: Mixed Legacies of a Charismatic Statesman -- Section Three: The Colonel And The Iconoclast In The Desert.-12. Muammar Gaddafi: An Assessment -- 13. NATO and Libya: A Decade of Instability and Unrest -- 14. Psycho-Biographical Analysis in International Politics: A Focus on Moammar Ghaddafi -- 15. Gaddafi, Tito and Libyan Non-Aligned Policy -- Section Four: A Soldier From The Cradle Of Civilization -- 16. Gamal Abdel Nasser: A Hero in the African and Arab World -- 17. Gamal Abdel Nasser: Hero in Arab Maghreb and Mashreq -- 18. The Sons of the Revolution: Umm Kulthum, Abdel Halim Hafez and the Nasserist Regime: Between Artistic Agency and Nationalism -- 19. Egypt and the Arab World: Five Decades After Nasser. 330 $aThis edited volume examines the cases of four African military leaders who had enormous impact on the continent and beyond. These military officers, and later heads of state -- Jerry Rawlings of Ghana; Moammar Gaddafi of Libya; Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso; and Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt ? were provocative and polarizing figures, beloved domestically but mostly viewed with suspicion and hostility by foreign governments. This volume studies these leaders as a group, engaging in a critical but systematic examination of their personalities, leadership styles, official performance, legacies, and their continuing impact on the future and political destiny of the continent. Providing a survey of controversial but important African political figures, this volume will be of use to scholars and students in the social sciences, especially those interested in African history, African studies, military science, Black studies, political science, leadership studies, and the politics of developing nations. 410 0$aContributions to political science. 606 $aPolitical leadership$zAfrica 615 0$aPolitical leadership 676 $a303.34096 702 $aAbidde$b Sabella Ogbobode$f1962- 702 $aKumah-Abiwu$b Felix 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910744506503321 996 $aThe political impact of African military leaders$93571538 997 $aUNINA