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- Ethnic Politics and State Power in AfricaThe Logic of the Coup–Civil War Trap
- Ethnic Politics and State Power in Africa
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Puzzle and Theory
- 2 A Meso-level Approach to the Study of Civil War
- 3 Theories of Ethnopolitical Exclusion
- 4 The Strategic Logic of War in Africa
- Part II Theory-Building Case Study
- Part III Testing the Argument
- Part IV Extensions
- Book part
- References
- Index
4 - The Strategic Logic of War in Africa
from Part I - Puzzle and Theory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2017
- Ethnic Politics and State Power in AfricaThe Logic of the Coup–Civil War Trap
- Ethnic Politics and State Power in Africa
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Puzzle and Theory
- 2 A Meso-level Approach to the Study of Civil War
- 3 Theories of Ethnopolitical Exclusion
- 4 The Strategic Logic of War in Africa
- Part II Theory-Building Case Study
- Part III Testing the Argument
- Part IV Extensions
- Book part
- References
- Index
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- Ethnic Politics and State Power in AfricaThe Logic of the Coup-Civil War Trap, pp. 82 - 100Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016