Soldiers, Commissars, and Chaplains - Civil-Military Relations since Cromwell

This innovative study offers the first-ever comparison of the military roles played by commissars, political officers, and chaplains in military settings ranging from the armies of Cromwell, the Jacobins, the Nazis, the Soviets, and the United States. Despite the stark differences in the political systems of the countries of these disparate armed forces, Dale R. Herspring argues that there are certain critical functions that must be fulfilled in every military, regardless of its ideological orientation.

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By Dale R. Herspring

Summary

By assessing how the military roles have evolved and by comparing them in various military settings, the author argues that certain functions must be fulfiled in every army, regardless of its ideological orientation.

Product details

• Authors: Dale R Herspring, Dale R. Herspring
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2001
• EAN: 9780742511057
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1105-7
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 445 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; 1500 bis heute, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Social History, Theorie der Kriegsführung und Militärwissenschaft, Social & cultural history, Militärische Institutionen, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, c 1500 onwards to present day, Social and cultural history, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Military life & institutions, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science, Military institutions