Democratic Control of the Military in Postcommunist Europe: Guarding the Guards (One Europe or Several?)
A. Cottey (Ed.)
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Hardcover. This comparative study examines the challenges that the countries of post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe have faced in securing democratic control of their armed forces and establishing civilian control of defence policy. Editor(s): Cottey, Andrew; Edmunds, Timothy; Forster, Anthony C. Series: One Europe or Several?. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; JPQ; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
This major comparative study examines the challenges that the countries of postcommunist Central and Eastern Europe have faced in securing democratic control of their armed forces and establishing civilian control of defence policy. This book explores how the interaction of the common challenges of postcommunism and the diverse circumstances of individual countries shape civil-military relations in this changing region. Detailed country case studies, written by leading experts, compare the experiences of the Central European states (such as Poland and Romania), the Baltic republics, the former Yugoslavia republics, Russia and Ukraine.
This major comparative study examines the challenges that the countries of postcommunist Central and Eastern Europe have faced in securing democratic control of their armed forces and establishing civilian control of defence policy. This book explores how the interaction of the common challenges of postcommunism and the diverse circumstances of individual countries shape civil-military relations in this changing region. Detailed country case studies, written by leading experts, compare the experiences of the Central European states (such as Poland and Romania), the Baltic republics, the former Yugoslavia republics, Russia and Ukraine.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Series
One Europe or Several?
Condition
New
Weight
515g
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333946244
SKU
V9780333946244
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99-15
About A. Cottey (Ed.)
ANTON BEBLER Professor of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia ALEX J. BELLAMY Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, Kings College London PÁL DUNAY Director, International Training Course in Security Police, Geneva Centre for Security Policy JAMES GOW Reader, Department of War Studies, Kings College London IRINA ISAKOVA Defence Diplomacy Fellow, Centre for Defence Studies, Kings College London PAUL LATAWSKI Senior Lecturer ... Read more
Reviews for Democratic Control of the Military in Postcommunist Europe: Guarding the Guards (One Europe or Several?)
' [A] first class work...significant in that it presents concrete and well-documented case studies in a truly comparative fashion...There is no book that comes close to the analysis and information presented here on postcommunist states. This is a major contribution to military sociology, military history and civil-military relations...[A] standard reference for some years to come.' - Charles Moskos, Professor of ... Read more