Part I: The State of Theory - 1. The Military, Militarisation and Democratisation in Africa: A Survey of Literature and Issues / Robin Luckham

Part II: Military Expenditure and National Security - 2. Trends, Determinants and the Economic Effects of Military Expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa / Nadir A. L. Mohammed

3. The Military and National Security in Africa / Sunday Abogonye Ochoche

4. TankTractor Trade-off :in Sudan: The Socio-Economic Impact of Military Expenditure / Nadir A. L. Mohammed

Part III: Revolts from Below: Ranks' Insurrections - 5. The Tanganyika Rifles and the Mutiny of January 1964 / Nestor Luanda

6. Institutional Decomposition and Junior Ranks' Political Action :in Ghana / Eboe Hutchful

7. The Military and Militarism in Africa: The Case of Ethiopia / Bahru Zewde

Part IV: Reconstructing Civil-Military Relations - 8. The Transformation of Civil Military Relations in Tanzania / Casta Tungaraza

9. The Army and Political Power in Senegal / Moussa Paye and Momar Diop

10. Somalia: Personal Rule, Militariy Rule and Militarism / Hussein M. Adam

11. The Currency of Militarism in Uganda / Amii Omara-Otunnu

Part V: Militarisation, State Collapse and Reconstruction - 12. Soldiers and 'Combatants': The Conquest of Political Power in Chad, 1965-1990 / Thiemo Bah

Part VI: Between Authoritarianism and Democracy: Uncertain Transitions - 13. Military Rule and Withdrawal from Power: The Case of Lesotho / Khabele Matlosa

14. The Military and Nigerian Society: The Abacha Coup and the Crisis of Democratisation in Nigeria / Julius Ihonvbere

15. The Popular Demand for Dismantling of the Apartheid Military Machine and Problems of Conversion of the Military Industrial Complex / Horace Campbell

Part VII: The Transition to Democracy: Some Tentative Reflections - 16. Taming the Monster: Democratisation and Demilitarisation / Robin Luckham

17. Military Issues in the Transition to Democracy / Eboe Hutchful.