Open AccessMilitary History and Strategic Studies as Imperatives for National Security Development in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Chiemela Godwin Wambu,
Amaechi Ehimatie
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
unizik journal of arts and humanities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1595-1413
DOI - 10.4314/ujah.v21i4.11
Subject(s) - military history , national security , politics , military science , political science , strategic goal , security studies , strategic studies , international relations , military theory , international security , institution , military strategy , political history , public administration , law
Nigerian military history is an aspect of Nigerian history that reconstructs the philosophies, beliefs, life and times of military personnel in relation to time and place. On the other hand, strategic studies involve a study of the security policies and political conduct of states in their interaction within the international system. Since it is the military institution that implements these security policies, itself central to the objectives of states in international politics, it is logical to view military history and strategic studies as pivotal to the securitydevelopment of the Nigerian nation as it is for every other nation. Given this understanding, this study attempts to situate Nigerian military history and strategic studies as imperatives for national security development in Nigeria. To achieve its goal, the paper employs mostly secondary and but a few primary sources subjected to content historical analysis from which it was deduced that military history and strategic studies are important for the advancement of security development in Nigeria.
Keywords: Military, Strategic Studies, History, Security