Why are coups always led by colonels?

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Passport 's brilliant editor, Joshua Keating, asked me a very good question the other day: why does it seem like African coups are always led by middle-ranking military officers? The recent coup in Niger was led by Col. Salou Djibo, a "little Read More...

Read the complete post at http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/02/22/a_theory_of_coups_leadership


Posted Feb 22 2010, 10:21 AM by FP Passport