xv, 304 pages : 22 cm
Topics: Coups d'état -- Equatorial Guinea, Natural resources -- Africa, Coups d'état, Natural...
Since the 1950s, the political landscape of Nepal has undergone a series of changes, transitioning from monarchy to a federal democratic republic. In the process, it experienced recurrent political instability in the form of power-centric partisanship, a Maoist insurgency, volatile attempts at constitution adoption, and country-wide civilian protests. Theoretically, such upheavals should have produced intervention by the Nepali Army (NA) in the political system. Instead, the military has been...
Topics: Nepal, Nepalese Army, Nepali Army, civil-military relations, CMR, coups, coup d’état,...
Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2006; sub-title on original ed. The British mercenary plot to seize oil billions in Africa
Topics: Political corruption, Coups d'état, Mercenary troops, Petroleum industry and trade
