Mauritania : : The Struggle for Democracy / / Noel Foster.
Why did a clique of Mauritanian officers risk their lives to overthrow the autocrat they had served for twenty years, only to cede power to an elected civilian? And having won acclaim for their commitment to a process of democratic transition, why did most of these officers join a year later to over...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies on North Africa
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Making of Modern Mauritania
- 3 The Army Breaks Ranks
- 4 A Coup for Democracy?
- 5 Mauritania’s Prague Spring
- 6 The Puppet Presidential Candidate
- 7 The Gathering Storm
- 8 All the General’s Men
- 9 Battling Military Rule
- 10 The Vanishing Mediators
- 11 Paths Forward
- Acronyms and Terms
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book