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Zusatztext "It is very gratifying to see such a scholarly! insightful! instructive and! above all! interesting study of the truly complex web of issues involving security! democracy! war crimes and reform of national security and defence organisations! which has been so crucial to the stable development of modern Serbia. However! the real importance of this book is its timeliness and relevance! for these issues are becoming equally crucial in Egypt! Syria! Tunisia and Libya! and will become so in other countries engulfed by the 'Arab Spring'. It is to be hoped that those involved in trying to find long-term solutions to the problems of today's Middle East and North Africa can learn the lessons which this book has to teach." - Chris Donnelly! Director of The Institute for Statecraft Informationen zum Autor James Gow is Professor of International Peace and Security and Co-Director of the War Crimes Research Group, King's College London, UK. He has served as an expert advisor to the UK Secretary of State for Defence and the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Ivan Zveržhanovski is Coordinator, SEESAC, Belgrade. He was previously a Research Associate and Lecturer in War Studies, King's College London, UK and a Research Associate at the Institute for Comparative Law, Belgrade. Klappentext This book examines how the war crime legacy resulting from the Yugoslav war of the 1990s on political and military transformation in Serbia was an impediment to security reform, democratization and the achievement of Western standards in the Belgrade armed forces. "It is very gratifying to see such a scholarly, insightful, instructive and, above all, interesting study of the truly complex web of issues involving security, democracy, war crimes and reform of national security and defence organisations, which has been so crucial to the stable development of modern Serbia. However, the real importance of this book is its timeliness and relevance, for these issues are becoming equally crucial in Egypt, Syria, Tunisia and Libya, and will become so in other countries engulfed by the 'Arab Spring'. It is to be hoped that those involved in trying to find long-term solutions to the problems of today's Middle East and North Africa can learn the lessons which this book has to teach." - Chris Donnelly, Director of The Institute for Statecraft Zusammenfassung This book examines how the war crime legacy resulting from the Yugoslav war of the 1990s on political and military transformation in Serbia was an impediment to security reform! democratization and the achievement of Western standards in the Belgrade armed forces. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface List Of Acronyms And Abbreviations 1. State, Society And The Military Democracy And The Transformation Of Civil-Military Relations Nomenclature The Book 2. Civil-Military Relations From the Break-Up Of Yugoslavia to the Fall Of Miloševi? Transition From Communism: Politics And The State The Military In Communist Yugoslavia Civil-Military Relations from the Kosovo Campaign to the Fall of Miloševi? 3. De-Politicisation And Transition Delayed Understanding De-Politicisation De-Politicising The Armed Forces Failure No1: 'For The Sake Of Stability' – Keeping Pavkovi? as Chief of Staff Failure No2: the Periši? Scandal and the Return of Kos The Army's Slow Withdrawal From Politics 4. Restructuring: Civilianising Defence Policy Making And Military Reform Civilianising Defence Policy-Making The Powerless Ministry The Minister and His Civilian Advisers NGOs and Policy-Making: Davini?, The Atlantic Council, The G17+ And Defence Reform Back To The Generals? Military Reform 2000-2006 Deciding Of Roles, Elaborating New Policies Reorganising the Military: Changes to Force Structure Military Reform And Funding Problems Human Resources Issues: Conscription, Personnel Policy...
