Military Disengagement from Politics

<p>First published in 1988 <i>Military Disengagement from Politics </i>explores the reasons and conditions for military withdrawal from politics. It gives an in-depth analysis of specific grounds and circumstances of a representative list of countries whose military intervened ruled and eventually withdrew allowing for either full-scale civilian rule or a more circumscribed set up in which the armed forces retain varying degrees of control in the governing process.</p><p>The book provides a comparative and cross-cultural examination of eight countries covering a wide region of the world. It offers a carefully chosen array of case studies representing Asia Africa Europe the Middle East and Central and South America. This volume is a must read for students and researchers of political science.</p>