Ebrima, i would like to send you a word of
congratulations on your recent published book titled:
The Military and 'Democratization' in The Gambia from
1994-2003.

No doubt this book would be of a great great help to
our future generation. You did a marvelous job.

Saihou


--- Ebrima Ceesay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear readers,
> 
> With only a few days to go before the next
> Presidential Election in The 
> Gambia, I am very pleased to announce that I have
> written a book on Gambian 
> Politics under Yahya Jammeh and it can now be
> purchased online.
> 
> Published in Canada by Trafford Publishing, the book
> is titled: The Military 
> and 'Democratisation' in The Gambia: 1994-2003. It
> has ten fascinating 
> chapters and 345 pages. The size of the book is 6
> inches x 9 inches and it 
> is available in both trade paperback (softcover) 
> and hardcover. Take note 
> of the fact that the hardcover is more expensive
> than the paperback 
> (softcover). The book’s ISBN number is:
> 1-4251-0103-8.
> 
> The book is available for sale online and it can be
> ordered online at 
> www.trafford.com/06-1860
> 
> 
> Excerpts from the book can be seen/read on my
> webpage.
> 
> Alternatively, you can ring Trafford UK or Trafford
> Canada and order the 
> book over the phone. These are the contact addresses
> of Trafford UK and 
> Trafford Canada:
> 
> Trafford Publishing
> 2333 Government Street
> Suite 6E
> Victoria, British Columbia
> Canada, V8T 4P4
> Tel: 250 383 6864
> Toll Free: 1-888-232-4444 (from Canada and USA)
> Fax: 250 383 6814
> 
> Or
> 
> Trafford Publishing (UK) Ltd.
> 9 Park End Street, 2nd Floor
> Oxford, OX1 1HH
> United Kingdom
> Tel: 01865 722 113 or 0845 230 9601
> Fax: 01865 722 868
> 
> 
> This is a very thought provoking book on a very
> important subject/topic. In 
> fact, it is the most comprehensive book ever written
> on the military and the 
> democratisation process in The Gambia. It’s very
> well-written and there is, 
> of course, a clear link between the theory and the
> very solid empirical 
> evidence. Needless to mention, the theoretical
> framework is very clearly 
> presented.
> 
> This timely and incisive book provides an original
> and detailed analysis of 
> the root causes of the 1994 coup d’etat in The
> Gambia, the motivations 
> behind the juniors officers who seized power, as
> well as critically examines 
> post-coup politics in The Gambia from 1996 to 2003.
> 
> In other words, the book offers lucid, original,
> important and critical 
> insights into our understanding of contemporary
> Gambian politics. Anyone who 
> wishes to understand Gambian Politics under Yahya
> Jammeh is advised to buy 
> this book. The study is also a valuable addition to
> the literature on the 
> military and the democratisation process in Africa.
> 
> My book will be a vital text for any student of
> African Politics who wishes 
> to study Gambian Politics. It will be an essential
> guide for academic 
> researchers, students, politicians, journalists and
> policy makers who wish 
> to understand the nature and scope of the most
> recent political changes that 
> occurred in The Gambia, in the wake of the 1994 coup
> d’etat.
> 
> In a similar development, be informed that another
> important book on Gambian 
> Politics/History will be released on 27th October
> 2006. The book is titled 
> "A Political History of The Gambia, 1816-1994"and is
> written by Professor 
> Arnold Hughes and Dr David Perfect, both Gambianists
> or experts/specialists 
> in Gambian Affairs.
> 
> Professor Arnold Hughes is former Director and
> Emeritus Professor of African 
> Politics, Centre of West African Studies, University
> of Birmingham, UK. This 
> 560-page book can also be ordered online at
> www.boydell.co.uk/80462308.HTM
> 
> 
> Anyone interested in the political history of The
> Gambia will find this book 
> an important source of insight. The book should be
> core reading for anyone 
> with an interest in Gambian Politics/History. It
> contains insightful and 
> well-articulated analyses of pre- and post
> independence politics in The 
> Gambia.
> 
> Meanwhile, for more about my book, you can read the
> write-up below, culled 
> from the webpage created by Trafford Publishing for
> my book.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ebrima Ceesay
> 
> 
> ABOUT THE BOOK:   The Military and ‘Democratisation’
> in The Gambia: 
> 1994-2003
> 
> This book - The Military and ‘Democratisation’ in
> The Gambia: 1994-2003 (By 
> Ebrima Ceesay) - provides an account of significant
> political developments 
> in a small West African country, The Gambia, about
> which such information is 
> not readily available. It is a robustly written
> account of the very fluid 
> politics of The Gambia over the last ten years since
> the coup that ousted 
> President Dawda Jawara. The author is able to bring
> an enviable amount of 
> first-hand understanding to the case at hand. He was
> a newspaper editor in 
> The Gambia and also a correspondent there for the
> BBC.
> 
> The book addresses a subject of much current
> interest in the wider 
> development and policy-related literatures and much
> of the information makes 
> an original contribution to knowledge in the area of
> democracy and military 
> rule in The Gambia. The study thus constitutes an
> original contribution to 
> the growing scholarship on The Gambia. It also makes
> a contribution to the 
> existing literature on democratisation and the
> military in West Africa.
> 
> The book undertakes the much needed research into
> recent political 
> developments in The Gambia, and sets this in the
> wider context of West 
> African politics. It provides an in-depth study of
> events in The Gambia 
> prior to and post 1994 and examines The Gambian case
> in a theoretical 
> context pertaining to Africa in general, and the
> West African sub-region in 
> particular.
> 
> The fundamental concern of this book is to determine
> whether it is possible 
> for a nation to democratise under 'military' rule.
> Following the 1994 coup 
> d’etat, The Gambia had military rule until 1997.
> After two Presidential 
> elections, it remained under 'quasi-military' rule,
> the military having 
> merely been thinly disguised in civilian clothes.
> The central argument of 
> this book is that in the case of The Gambia, it has
> not been possible to 
> democratise under either ‘military’ or
> ‘quasi-military’ rule. The country is 
> far from being democratic and the democratisation
> process has barely begun. 
> The Gambia operates under an authoritarian regime
> with strong military 
> overtones.
> 
> The 1994 coup d’etat in The Gambia took place at a
> time 
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