{"product_id":"2940148581512","title":"ARMIES AND DEMOCRACY IN THE NEW AFRICA: LESSONS FROM NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA","description":"In October 1994, the Strategic Studies Institute sponsored a\u003cbr\u003eroundtable on democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa. Particular\u003cbr\u003eattention was paid to the role the U.S. military and Department of\u003cbr\u003eDefense played in democracy support. This study developed from a paper\u003cbr\u003epresented at the roundtable.\u003cbr\u003eDr. Butts and Dr. Metz reject the notion that the political\u003cbr\u003eculture of African states allows or even encourages military\u003cbr\u003eintervention in politics. Drawing on case studies from Nigeria and\u003cbr\u003eSouth Africa, they contend that if the fragile democracies in Sub-\u003cbr\u003eSaharan Africa are to be sustained, African militaries must be\u003cbr\u003eextricated from politics and take decisive steps toward the type of\u003cbr\u003emilitary professionalism seen in stable democracies around the world.\u003cbr\u003eU.S. national interests in Sub-Saharan Africa are so limited that\u003cbr\u003ethe region will receive only a very small proportion of the human,\u003cbr\u003epolitical, military, and economic resources devoted to American\u003cbr\u003enational security strategy. This makes efficiency imperative. Dr.\u003cbr\u003eButts and Dr. Metz argue that if U.S. strategic resources are used\u003cbr\u003ewisely in Africa, they can have the desired effect. In particular, the\u003cbr\u003eU.S. military can play an important part in helping African militaries\u003cbr\u003eprofessionalize. They close with concrete proposals through which the\u003cbr\u003eU.S. Department of Defense and the Army could more effectively support\u003cbr\u003eAfrican democratization.\u003cbr\u003eThe Strategic Studies Institute is pleased to offer this study as\u003cbr\u003ea contribution to the ongoing debate over how the Army could better\u003cbr\u003epromote U.S. national interests by helping to prevent conflicts rather\u003cbr\u003ethan simply responding once violence has broken out.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072718422256,"sku":"2940148581512","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148581512_p0.jpg?v=1763704787","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148581512","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}