What is Military dictatorship?
A '''military dictatorship''', or a '''military regime''', is a type of [[dictatorship]] in which power is held by one or more [[military officers]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Andreski |first=Stanislav |date=1980 |title=On the peaceful disposition of military dictatorships |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01402398008437052 |journal=Journal of Strategic Studies |language=en |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=3–10 |doi=10.1080/01402398008437052 |issn=0140-2390}}</ref> Military dictatorships are led by either a single military [[dictator]], known as a strongman, or by a council of military officers known as a [[military junta]]. They are most often formed by [[military coups]] or through a popular [[uprising]]. The military nominally is given power to restore order or fight [[corruption]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Perlmutter |first=Amos |title=Political Roles and Military Rulers |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-7146-3122-6 |location=711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA |pages=130–158 |chapter=6: The Syrian Military and the Ba'ath Party}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Dictatorship]]