Why in the political history of many countries of Asia and Africa in the second half

Why in the political history of many countries of Asia and Africa in the second half of the XX century. does the military play a significant role? Whose interests do they represent?

The countries of Africa and Asia were quite seriously behind the developed countries in their development.

Many of these states are lagging behind them even now.

The people rebelled, uprisings took place. But the views of the country’s development in power and in the dissatisfied strata of the population were different.

That is why the authorities often used the military power of their country in their own interests in order to create a strong power for themselves and protect themselves from the revolution.

Therefore, the military force represented the interests of the state, and not the people who lived on the territory of this state.