Sustainability and Social Justice
The Military Uses of Ethnicity
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Governments often use armies composed of multiple ethnic groups as an instrument of power. Though long neglected by political scientists, such armies are significant in the cohesion of nation states, as case studies of Malaysia, Yugoslavia, Lebanon, Britain, and Kenya demonstrate. From a paper presented at the Richardson Institute, London, 1975.
Publication Title
Millennium - Journal of International Studies
Publication Date
1-1-1975
Volume
4
Issue
3
First Page
220
Last Page
234
ISSN
0305-8298
DOI
10.1177/03058298750040030301
Keywords
developing countries, ethnic groups, armed forces
Repository Citation
Enloe, Cynthia, "The Military Uses of Ethnicity" (1975). Sustainability and Social Justice. 255.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_idce/255
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