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Civil-Military Relations and Democracy Larry Diamond (Director, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University)

Civil-Military Relations and Democracy By Larry Diamond (Director, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University)

Summary

The end of the Cold War and the global advance of democracy have altered security evironments of many of the world's militaries. This volume examines questions of civil-military relations and democracy as they relate to Latin America, Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

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Civil-Military Relations and Democracy Summary

Civil-Military Relations and Democracy by Larry Diamond (Director, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University)

How will civil-military relations affect efforts to consolidate new democracies in developing and postcommunist countries? How should democratic governments go about establishing civilian control of the armed forces? This volume brings together ten distinguished authorities from around the world to examine these questions as they relate to Latin America, Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union.

Civil-Military Relations and Democracy Reviews

Provides a wealth of information and some fresh thinking on the role of the military and civil-military relations in many parts of the world. The intellectual quality of most contributions is high and they are concise and well-written. -- Dirk Berg-Schlosser Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

About Larry Diamond (Director, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University)

Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, and Marc F. Plattner, counselor at the National Endowment for Democracy, are co-directors of the International Forum for Democratic Studies.

Table of Contents

Contents and Contributors: Introduction, Larry Diamond and Marc Plattner I. Civil-Military Relations in the New Era Reforming Civil-Military Relations, Samuel P. Huntington Mission Matters, Michael Desch Post-Cold War Military Missions, Louis Goodman II. The Developing World Armed Forces in Latin America after the Cold War, Juan Rial Asian Militaries in the Post-Cold War Era, Carolina Hernandez Security and Transition in South Africa, Jakkie Cilliers III. The Postcommunist World Civil-Military Relations in Poland, Janusz Onyszkiewicz The Russian Military and the Postcommunist Transformation Process, Lila Shevtsova Postcommunist Wars, Charles Fairbanks Epilogue, Joseph Nye

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CIN0801855365G
9780801855368
0801855365
Civil-Military Relations and Democracy by Larry Diamond (Director, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University)
Used - Good
Paperback
Johns Hopkins University Press
1996-10-17
200
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