Book Review: <i>Quasi-Armies and State-building in Africa: Towards a Global Understanding of Civil-Military Relations</i> by Bachmann, Olaf BachmannOlaf (2024), Quasi-Armies and State-building in Africa: Towards a Global Understanding of Civil-Military Relations, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London: United Kingdom, ISBN e-book: 978-1-3504-1339-9, 224 pages

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  title        = {{Book Review: <i>Quasi-Armies and State-building in Africa: Towards a Global Understanding of Civil-Military Relations</i> by Bachmann, Olaf BachmannOlaf (2024), Quasi-Armies and State-building in Africa: Towards a Global Understanding of Civil-Military Relations, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London: United Kingdom, ISBN e-book: 978-1-3504-1339-9, 224 pages}},
  author       = {Buyisile Ntaka},
  journal      = {Afrika Spectrum},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/00020397261421214},
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Book Review: <i>Quasi-Armies and State-building in Africa: Towards a Global Understanding of Civil-Military Relations</i> by Bachmann, Olaf BachmannOlaf (2024), Quasi-Armies and State-building in Africa: Towards a Global Understanding of Civil-Military Relations, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London: United Kingdom, ISBN e-book: 978-1-3504-1339-9, 224 pages

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