TY  - BOOK
AU  - edited by Anders Themner
TI  - Warlord Democrats in Africa: ex-military leaders and electoral politics
SN  - 9781783602483
U1  - 305WAR 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - London
PB  - Zed Books
KW  - Africa
N1  - Includes index
N2  - Post-war democratization has been identified as a crucial mechanism to build peace in war-ridden societies, supposedly allowing belligerents to compete through ballots rather than bullets. A byproduct of this process, however, is that military leaders often become an integral part of the new democratic system, using resources and networks generated from the previous war to dominate the emerging political landscape
ER  -