TY  - BOOK
AU  - Taylor,Simon David
TI  - Combatants in African conflicts: professionals, praetorians, militias, insurgents, and mercenaries 
T2  - Routledge contemporary Africa
SN  - 9781351065467
U1  - 355.3/5096 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Africa
KW  - History
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - History, Military
KW  - Armed Forces
N2  - "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. Analyzing 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 an 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. A typology of combatants in conflicts in Africa can provide avenues for more in-depth analysis of such conflicts, and holds implications for Security Sector Reform projects and other peace-building programmes. As such, this book will be an essential reference for scholars and students of African Politics and Military and Security Studies"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351065467
ER  -