Coups and Conflict in West Africa, 1955-2004
@article{McGowan2006CoupsAC, title={Coups and Conflict in West Africa, 1955-2004}, author={P. McGowan}, journal={Armed Forces & Society}, year={2006}, volume={32}, pages={234 - 253} }
From independence through 2004, the sixteen West African states have experienced forty-four successful military-led coups, forty-three often-bloody failed coups, at least eighty-two coup plots, seven civil wars, and many other forms of political conflict. Part I of this article used a political-economy approach to provide theoretical explanations of this record. Part II presents a unique data set describing all coup-related events in West Africa since 1955. Military interventions are widespread… CONTINUE READING
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