The Suicidal State in Somalia (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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This books documents and delves into the reign and rule of the Siad Barre regime that ruled Somalia from 1969 up to 1991. Framing new ways of analyzing military regimes in Africa begins with (re)assessment of how the Siad Barre regime was previously approached. This book traces what went wrong with the post-colonial Somali State once colonial rule passed to the Somali hands. By doing so, it critically engages with the wider theoretical and conceptual frameworks in African Studies which attributes the post-colonial African State raptures to colonialism. The book puts emphasis on African agencies (shaped by external patrons) over what went wrong with Africa after the post-colonial period. The main argument is that colonialism left African on its own. By putting different perspectives into historical context in holistic approach, the book circumnavigates through comparative and comprehensive on the regime to reveal how colonialism did not produce less than what criminalization of the State resulted in Somalia. This empirical argument was crucial to understanding contemporary conundrum facing the Somali world today. In employing nuanced analytic concepts and categories, the aim is to refine the past to recapture the present and envision the future. The historicity of exploring Somali State trajectory entails employing a Braudelian longue duree approach. The main thesis of the book is that the contemporary conflicts is not only attributable to but also because of the past plunders of the Somali military leaders, with Siad Barre the main culprit. Three interrelated sets of contexts/questions inform the study: how Siad Barre came into power, how he ruled and maintained his authoritarian reign over the Somalis and who had assisted him from inside and outside."