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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.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: the Challenge of Democratic Control of Armed Forces in Postcommunist Europe
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South Eastern Europe
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The Former Soviet Union
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Conclusion
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Reviews
' [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 Sociology, Northwestern University, USA
'This unique book will remain a must-read in the field for years to come.' - Gerhard Kummel, Slavic Review
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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 in International Affairs, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
PLAMEN PANTEV Associate Professor at Sofia University 'St Kliment Ohridsky' and Director, Institute for Security and International Studies (ISIS), Sofia
IOAN-MIRCEA PASCU Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Romania
GRIGORJ PEREPELITSA Head of the Military Police Department, National Institute for Strategic Studies, Ukraine
STEFAN SARVAS previously in the Research Department, Czech Ministry of Defence
VAIDOTAS URBELIS Researcher, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, University of Vilnius, Lithuania
TOMAS URBONAS Senior Executive Officer, Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence
ILMARS VIKSNE Commandant, Latvian National Defence Academy, Riga
MARIE VLACHOVÁ Director, Researcher Department, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Democratic Control of the Military in Postcommunist Europe
Book Subtitle: Guarding the Guards
Editors: Andrew Cottey, Timothy Edmunds, Anthony Forster
Series Title: One Europe or Several?
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403905239
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2002
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-94624-4Published: 28 November 2001
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-42632-4Published: 28 November 2001
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-0523-9Published: 28 November 2001
Series ISSN: 2947-6682
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6690
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 273
Topics: European Union Politics, European Politics, Political Science, International Relations, European History, Military and Defence Studies