Bruce E Arlinghaus - Military Development in Africa: The Political and Economic Risks of Arms Transfers

Military Development in Africa: The Political and Economic Risks of Arms Transfers — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Military Development in Africa: The Political and Economic Risks of Arms Transfers" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

1234567...40

Military Development in Africa

Also of Interest

African Security Issues: Sovereignty, Stability, and Solidarity, edited by Bruce E. Arlinghaus

The Challenges of South-South Cooperation, edited by Breda Pavli,Ral R. Urartga, Boris Cizelj, and Marjan Svetlii

Communist Nations' Military Assistance, edited by John F. Copper and Daniel S. Papp

Arab Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa, Pamela M. Mertz and Robert A. Mertz

Nigeria in Search of a Stable Civil-Military System, J. 'Bayo Adekson

The Economics of Political Instability: The Nigerian-Biafran War, E. Wayne Nafziger

Africa's International Relations: The Diplomacy of Dependency and Change, Ali A. Mazrui

The Foreign Policy Priorities of Third World States, edited by John J. Stremlau

State Versus Ethnic Clams: African Policy Dilemmas, edited by Donald Rothchild and Victor A. Olorunsola

Alternative Futures for Africa, edited by Timothy M. Shaw

Globahsm Versus Realism: International Relations' Third Debate, edited by Ray Maghroori and Bennett Ramberg

Profiles of Contemporary Africa:

Mozambique: Front Colonialism to Revolution, 1900-1982, Allen Isaacman and Barbara Isaacman

Tanzania: An African Experiment, Rodger Yeager

Senegal: An African Nation Between Islam and the West, Sheldon Gellar

Botswana: Liberal Democracy and the Labor Reserve in Southern Africa, Jack Parson

Kenya: The Quest for Prosperity, Norman N, Miller

Available in hardcover and paperback.

Westview Special Studies on Africa

Military Development in Africa: The Political and Economic Risks of Arms Transfers
Bruce E. Arlinghaus

Increases in the number and improvements in the quality of arms transferred to sub-Saharan African nations clearly will affect those nations' economic development and political stability both immediately and in the long term. Problems of technology absorption, manpower development, and the diversion of financial and human resources occasioned by such transfers become more and more critical as the demand for military modernization by African governments grows and the industrial nations compete to meet the demand.

Dr. Arlinghaus evaluates conflicting assessments of the costs and benefits of military development from the perspective that it would be best for African nations to allocate resources for defense on the basis of socioeconomic considerations as well as their military and political goals.

Dr. Bruce E. Arlinghaus (Major, U.S. Army) is currently a political-military affairs officer serving in the Plans Division of the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters, U.S. Army, Europe. In addition to having taught anthropology and political science in the Department of Social Sciences, U.S. Military Academy, West Point (1979-1983), he has taught at Indiana University, the University of Maryland (Europe), and at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. He is the editor of Arms for Africa: Military Assistance and Foreign Policy in the Developing World and African Security Issues: Sovereignty, Stability, and Solidarity, and the coeditor of Industrial Capacity and Defense Planning: Sustained Conflict and Surge Capability (with Lee D. Olvey and Henry A. Leonard) and African Armies: Force Modernization and Defense Policymaking in the Developing World (with Pauline H. Baker, forthcoming).

Military Development in Africa

The Political and Economic Risks of Arms Transfers

Bruce E. Arlinghaus

First published 1984 by Westview Press

Published 2018 by Routledge
52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

Copyright 1984 by Taylor & Francis

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

Notice:
Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Arlinghaus, Bruce E.
Military development in Africa.
(Westview special studies on Africa)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. AfricaMilitary policy. 2. MunitionsAfrica.
3. AfricaPolitics and government1960.
I. Title. II. Series.
UA855.A74 1984 355'.03306 83-23275

ISBN 13: 978-0-367-01947-1 (hbk)

In memory of
Alfred J. Berling
(1908-1976)
Thanks, Ber

Contents

1. ii
2. iii

Guide

Increases in the number and improvements in the quality of arms transferred to African nations clearly will affect those nations' economic development and political stability both immediately and in the long term. Problems of technology absorption, manpower development, and the diversion of financial and human resources occasioned by such transfers become more and more critical as the demand for military modernization by African governments grows and as the industrial nations compete to meet that demand. This study evaluates conflicting assessments of the costs and benefits of military development from the perspective that African nations would best allocate resources for defense on the basis of socioeconomic considerations as well as military and political goals and that such defense expenditures, even though they may be justified, may be better spent on more appropriate forms of military technology.

Research on the topic was conducted at various Department of Defense agencies and the Department of State in Washington, D.C.; at the Defense Institute for Security Assistance Management (DISAM), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; at the U.S. Army Institute for Military Assistance, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and in Kenya, Brazil, and South Africa.

Support was provided by the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff tor Operations, Department of Army (for overseas travel), and the Association of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy (for conference participation and research in the United States). The royalties from this publication will be paid to the latter organization for its continuing support of West Point faculty development and research, as a small token of my appreciation for the association's assistance over the past four years.

I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge also the aid of the superintendent, dean of the academic board, and my colleagues in the Department of Social Sciences at the U.S. Military Academy. Their generous contributions of time, and especially tolerance for my absences from West Point, are greatly appreciated.

I also owe a debt to Ed Laurance and Mike Clough of the Department of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, who helped me secure a visiting professorship there in early 1982, allowing Dave Underwood, Paul Pope, John Boyer, Joe Bowab, and Mike Harbin to participate in my seminar on arms transfers to Africa, and who helped me sharpen the specifics of this analysis.

I must thank Bill Taylor of the Georgetown University Center for Strategic and International Studies for helping me become an Army Fellow there, and more importantly, while still at West Point, for inspiring the research that has led to this publication.

Next page

1234567...40

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «Military Development in Africa: The Political and Economic Risks of Arms Transfers»

Look at similar books to Military Development in Africa: The Political and Economic Risks of Arms Transfers. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.

Richard Lawless

North Africa: Contemporary Politics and Economic Development

Bruce W. Watson

The Soviet Naval Threat To Europe: Military And Political Dimensions

David Sunderland

Economic Development of Africa, 1880-1939, Volume 3: Agriculture: Other Aspects of Agriculture

Richard Aidoo

The Politics of Economic Reform in Ghana

Chukwumerije Okereke

Homegrown Development in Africa: Reality or Illusion?

Jan Erk

Decentralization, Democracy, and Development in Africa

Elliot Murphy

Arms in Academia: The Political Economy of the Modern UK Defence Industry

Bruce E. Arlinghaus

African Security Issues: Sovereignty, Stability, and Solidarity

Kempe Ronald Hope Sr.

African Political Economy: Contemporary Issues in Development

Larry A. Swatuk

Bridging the Rift: The New South Africa in Africa

Bruce E. Arlinghaus

African Armies: Evolution and Capabilities

Amadou Sy

Africa Through an Economic Lens

Discussion, reviews of the book Military Development in Africa: The Political and Economic Risks of Arms Transfers and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.