Historian of law and militarism in the 20th century. Associate Professor of History, the University of Chicago. Cover image: Chéri Samba, Le pardon libéré, 2015
Why did so many African countries become military dictatorships in the twentieth century? Militarism promised a utopia, and to some people it still does. Read Soldier’s Paradise: Militarism in Africa After Empire for free here: https://t.co/QVFUIOQplT
In the new Strategy Bridge Podcast episode I talk with Samuel Fury Childs Daly about military dictatorships and the ideology of militarism in Nigeria and other former British colonies. Daly is the author of “Soldier’s Paradise.” Listen here: https://t.co/NuMc2hIf1e
‘In Africa, the conservative realism of the military mind met the liberatory spirit of the decolonising mind’—Read an excerpt from Soldier’s Paradise by Samuel Fury Childs Daly https://t.co/VX04hk6M9q via @joburgreview
Militarism is Rising Back to the Surface in #Africa. What Do We Know About Its Past in the Continent?
No military dictatorship succeeded in making the martial utopia that soldiers promised.
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Why did so many African countries become military dictatorships in the twentieth century? Militarism promised a utopia, and to some people it still does. Read Soldier’s Paradise: Militarism in Africa After Empire for free here: https://t.co/QVFUIOQplT
"Soldier's Paradise: Militarism in Africa after Empire" by @sfcdaly tells the story of how Africa’s military dictators tried and failed to transform their societies into martial utopias. Read the introduction now on our website. https://t.co/jBoXCSJMVG #PostcolonialStudies