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Paul Moorcraft’s "Mugabe's War Machine: Saving or Savaging Zimbabwe?" (2012) examines how the military, including the ZDF and CIO, maintained Robert Mugabe’s rule through repression like the Gukurahundi campaign and, conversely, acted as a perceived guardian of national sovereignty. While the military facilitated economic decline and political violence, it ultimately orchestrated the 2017 coup to protect its own vested interests rather than to remove the system itself. For more details, visit SciSpace . Mugabe's War Machine: Saving or Savaging Zimbabwe (2012)