"The Military and the Nigerian State" establishes the circumstances of military incursion into Nigerian politics and examines the civil war and how it enhanced the military’s control of political power. It highlights and analyses the strategies which the military rulers consciously employed to monopolise political power in Nigeria between 1966 and 1993. It concludes that: the deliberate ‘corrective regime’ posturing; the politics of patronage and subordination; the employment of coercive and repressive methods; militarization and guided transition programmes were used (with varying degrees of success) by different military regimes to prolong their hold on political power.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ADEGBOYEGA AJAYI earned his doctoral degree in history at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His area of specialty is contemporary African history with particular interest in civil-military relations. Dr. Ajayi has published widely in local and international journals and contributed chapters to various edited works. He is co-author (with Toyin Falola, A. Alao and B.Babawale) of "The Military Factor in Nigeria." Dr. Ajayi currently teaches history at the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria.

CATEGORY
History, Politics/AFRICA