6 Transfer of military power in Mauritania
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Camille Evrard
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the transfer of military power in Mauritania. It also focuses on a larger study, at the crossroads of political and institutional history on the one hand and military history on the other. The chapter discusses the conceptual bridges between a vision of State and 'system' on the one hand, and individuals, former military officers operating in the Sahara on the other. It describes three periods of the broader chronology: Operation Ecouvillon, the defence agreements, and Operation Lamantin. This examination of the Mauritanian example allows to explore the direct consequences of the process of decolonisation in the field. The chapter analyses the key events such as Operation Ecouvillon, which have to be interpreted in their relationship to independence and to the impact of Moroccan-Mauritanian affairs on the creation of the identity of the emerging state of Mauritania.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the transfer of military power in Mauritania. It also focuses on a larger study, at the crossroads of political and institutional history on the one hand and military history on the other. The chapter discusses the conceptual bridges between a vision of State and 'system' on the one hand, and individuals, former military officers operating in the Sahara on the other. It describes three periods of the broader chronology: Operation Ecouvillon, the defence agreements, and Operation Lamantin. This examination of the Mauritanian example allows to explore the direct consequences of the process of decolonisation in the field. The chapter analyses the key events such as Operation Ecouvillon, which have to be interpreted in their relationship to independence and to the impact of Moroccan-Mauritanian affairs on the creation of the identity of the emerging state of Mauritania.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of illustrations ix
- Abbreviations xi
- Notes on contributors xv
- Acknowledgements xix
- Introduction 1
- 1 Gaston Defferre’s Loi-Cadre and its application, 1956/57 15
- 2 A vocation for independence 30
- 3 French officials and the insecurities of change in sub-Saharan Africa 44
- 4 'Saving French West Africa’ 61
- 5 The French Army and Malian independence (1956–1961) 75
- 6 Transfer of military power in Mauritania 90
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Part III Continuities and connections
- 7 Franco-African security relations at fifty 107
- 8 French coopération in the field of education (1960–1980) 120
- 9 Jacques Foccart 135
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Part IV Anglo-French relations
- 10 Whitehall, the French Community and the Year of Africa 155
- 11 A transnational decolonisation 171
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Part V Nationalist trajectories, border issues and conflicted memories
- 12 The changing boundaries of resistance 189
- 13 A fragmented and forgotten decolonisation 204
- 14 Through the prism of the cinquantenaire 219
- 15 Chad’s political violence at 50 233
- Bibliography 249
- Index 275
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of illustrations ix
- Abbreviations xi
- Notes on contributors xv
- Acknowledgements xix
- Introduction 1
- 1 Gaston Defferre’s Loi-Cadre and its application, 1956/57 15
- 2 A vocation for independence 30
- 3 French officials and the insecurities of change in sub-Saharan Africa 44
- 4 'Saving French West Africa’ 61
- 5 The French Army and Malian independence (1956–1961) 75
- 6 Transfer of military power in Mauritania 90
-
Part III Continuities and connections
- 7 Franco-African security relations at fifty 107
- 8 French coopération in the field of education (1960–1980) 120
- 9 Jacques Foccart 135
-
Part IV Anglo-French relations
- 10 Whitehall, the French Community and the Year of Africa 155
- 11 A transnational decolonisation 171
-
Part V Nationalist trajectories, border issues and conflicted memories
- 12 The changing boundaries of resistance 189
- 13 A fragmented and forgotten decolonisation 204
- 14 Through the prism of the cinquantenaire 219
- 15 Chad’s political violence at 50 233
- Bibliography 249
- Index 275
