Coach,

Again, well done!!! Needless to say, keep it up!

Best Wishes,
Edi


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> Coach,
> You have gone above and beyond the call of duty here. I take my hat off to
> you. Junior Officer Jemus
> must go! I heartily approve. Anyhew, con!gratulations Brother. I will
> certain cop a copy pronto.
>
> Best Wishes!
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ebrima Ceesay" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 2:34 AM
> > Subject: A MUST-READ BOOK ON GAMBIAN POLITICS PUBLISHED
> >
> >
> >> 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 when most
> of  Africa was moving towards
> >> democratisation. At the same time, The Gambia  moved away from
> democratisation and into military
> >> dictatorship. This  Gambian 'exceptionalism' in recent regional,
> continental and global  political
> >> development is explained and analysed in the book. The study  presents
> a conceptual and empirical
> >> analysis of the recent
> >> 'democratisation' processes under the military and
> military-turned  civilian regimes in The Gambia.
> >> It uses conceptual or analytical insights,  drawn from the general
> literature on military regimes
> >> in Africa, to inform  understanding of the case study. The book raises
> a number of very  pertinent
> >> questions concerning the place of the military in a modern  African
> polity, and the varied contexts
> >> and contested nature of this role.
> >>
> >> The book sets out to assess the military regime that seized power in
> The  Gambia in July 1994, and
> >> which remains in power to the present day -  having formally converted
> itself into an "elected"
> >> civilian regime through  managed elections from which the military
> leader emerged victorious.
> >>
> >> It is broadly concerned with four themes: a) pre-independence politics
> in  The Gambia, the Jawara
> >> years and the causes of his overthrow; b) the coup  d'etat that brought
> the military regime to
> >> power on 22 July 1994; c) the  subsequent conduct of the military
> regime, with particular concern
> >> for its  attempt to legitimise itself through elections; and d) the
> question of  whether The Gambia
> >> can be regarded as a democracy, to which the author has  returned a
> decided negative.
> >>
> >> Four main questions are posed. What were the causes of the military
> coup  in The Gambia? What were
> >> the various phases of military rule? How has the  military performed in
> office? Has The Gambia
> >> returned to a functioning  democratic state following the 1996 and 2001
> elections? The findings
> >> indicate that the military intervention was prompted by a combination
> of  political, economic and
> >> social problems in the country.
> >>
> >> The 1994 coup d'etat in The Gambia is best seen as the outcome of two
> main  variables: the
> >> societal/economic/political factors which made military  intervention a
> possibility, set against
> >> the motivations of junior officers  of the Gambia National Army to
> intervene in the government of
> >> The Gambia  because of their own dissatisfactions and possible personal
> aspirations.  Direct
> >> military rule was in two phases and the military's
> leadership  performance was poor in respect of
> >> human and civil rights in both phases,  although there were some modest
> gains in socio-economic
> >> terms. Despite the  holding of elections, The Gambia remains
> undemocratic.
> >>
> >> The study is based on newspaper reports, interviews and the author's
> own  experiences as a
> >> journalist in The Gambia until his departure from the  country in 1996,
> together with published
> >> sources. The empirical element in  the book is accompanied by a survey
> of literature in the field,
> >> notably  relating to military regimes in general, and especially in
> Africa. The  treatment of
> >> empirical developments and academic sources in the book is  both
> descriptive and conceptual.
> >>
> >> The ten chapters (including a general conclusion) which make up the
> book  are logically structured;
> >> general aims and objectives, which are clearly  identified in the
> introductory chapter, are pursued
> >> in a sustained way in  the subsequent discussion. Early presentations
> of approach, objectives and
> >> strategy combine with overviews of pre-1994 politics and economics in
> the  opening two chapters.
> >>
> >> Along with the summary of the circumstances surrounding the
> military's  intervention in politics in
> >> 1994 (Chapter 3), these serve as a prelude to  the detailed evaluation
> of the military's
> >> performance in government; and  the circumstances, processes and
> consequences of the army's
> >> transformation  into a "democratic" civilian (in reality a
> "quasi-military") regime, which
> >> constitutes the middle third, and core, of the book.
> >>
> >> The final third of the book focuses on the fortunes of both democracy
> and  politics under a
> >> quasi-military regime, and tries to draw lessons from  this experience
> for a serious consideration
> >> of the role of the military in  democratic politics. The penultimate
> chapter offers recommendations
> >> for  deterring future coups in The Gambia and elsewhere in Africa,
> while a  general conclusion
> >> presents a cogent summary of the principal findings and  conclusions.
> >>
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