Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Identifying the Problem -- Limitations -- Ideal Types -- Chapter Breakdown -- Concepts and Definitions -- Power -- Authority -- Legitimacy -- The State -- Society -- Soldiers -- Chronocentrism and Anachronisms -- Afropolitan Critique of Contemporary Approaches to African Conflicts -- Existing Typologies and Frameworks for African Conflicts and Combatants -- Binary Categorisations
Greed Versus Grievance Typology -- Volunteer Versus Coerced Typology -- Conclusion -- A Historical Approach to African Armed Forces -- Historiography Issues -- African Militaries as Colonial Imports -- Pre-Colonial African Military History -- Anti-Colonial Resistance Warfare and Forces -- Colonial Era Forces -- Post-Cold War Forces -- Notes -- References -- 1 Trinitarian Theory -- Introduction -- Clausewitz and The Trinity -- Background -- History of Trinity and Common Pitfalls -- The Trinity and Politics -- Interpreting the Trinity -- Extension of Trinity Type Beyond the State -- Ideal Types
Clausewitz and the Ideal Type -- The Professional Soldier Ideal Type -- The Praetorian Soldier Ideal Type -- The Militia Soldier Ideal Type -- The Insurgent Soldier Ideal Type -- The Mercenary Soldier Ideal Type -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2 The Professional Soldier Ideal Type -- Introduction -- History and Context -- Pre-Napoleonic European Forces: Amateurs, Aristocrats, and Mercenaries -- Revolutionary France and Napoleon: Levée En Masse and Nationalisation of the Military -- Post-Napoleonic Europe and the Professionalisation Era -- Conclusion -- Theory Review -- Professionalism
Corporateness -- Expertise -- Responsibility -- Independent Africa and the Professional Soldier -- Trinity Development -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 The Praetorian Soldier Ideal Type -- Introduction -- History and Context -- Praetorian Soldiers in African History -- Military Intervention and Levels of Analysis -- Discernible Characteristics -- Theory Review -- Defining Terms -- Types of Intervention -- Types of Coups D'État -- Reasons for Intervention -- Limiting Factors -- Enabling Factors -- Trinity Development -- Relationship With the State -- Relationship With Society
Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 The Militia Soldier Ideal Type -- Introduction -- History and Context -- Historical Comparison -- Conceptual Distinctions -- Militias as a Response to Changes in the Security Environment -- Theory Review -- Militias and the American Experience -- The Federalist Papers -- The United States' Constitutional and Legal Interpretation of Militias -- Clausewitz and On War -- Conclusion -- Trinity Development -- Relationship With the State -- Relationship With Society -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 The Insurgent Soldier Ideal Type -- Introduction
