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Combatants in African conflicts : professionals, praetorians, militias, insurgents, and mercenaries / Simon David Taylor

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • Combatants in African conflicts : professionals, praetorians, militias, insurgents, and mercenaries / Simon David Taylor
Autre type de relation
  • Combatants in African conflicts
Auteur(s)
Publication
  • Abingdon, Oxon New York (N.Y.) : Routledge, 2022
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (xvi-231 p.) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection
  • Routledge contemporary Africa
ISBN
  • 978-1-138-47598-4
  • 1-138-47598-X
  • 978-1-03-221964-6
  • 1-03-221964-5
EAN
  • 9781032219646 br.
Appartient à la collection
  • Routledge Contemporary Africa Series 2019 London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 24 cm
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 355.350 96
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Notes bibliogr. Index
Note de thèses et écrits académiques
  • Texte remanié de Doctoral thesis International relations University of St Andrews (GB) ?
Résumé ou extrait
  • 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.
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