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This book, first published in 1981, is a comprehensive examination of the main theoretical, methodological and empirical approaches to the study of the military in modernising political systems, in socialist and non-socialist countries. It analyses civil-military relations in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and China.
List of contents
Introduction: Civil-Military Studies: Fragmentation and Integration Roman Kolkowicz Part 1. Civil-Military Relations in the Middle East 1. The Study of Civil-Military Relations in Modernising Societies in the Middle East: A Critical Assessment Fuad I. Khuri 2. Egypt and Turkey: The Military in the Background Richard H. Dekmejian 3. The Syrian Armed Forces in National Politics: The Role of the Geographic and Ethnic Periphery Alasdair Drysdale 4. The Israel Defence Forces: A Civilianized Military in a Partially Militarized Society Dan Horowitz Part 2. Civil-Military Relations in Socialist Societies 5. Military Intervention in the Soviet Union: Scenario for Post-Hegemonial Synthesis Roman Kolkowicz 6. The Military as a Political Actor in China Ellis Joffe 7. The Military as a Political Actor in Poland Andrzej Korbonski and Sarah M. Terry 8. The Role of the Military in Yugoslavia: An Historical Sketch A. Ross Johnson 9. Party-Military Relations in Eastern Europe: The Case of Romania Alex Alexiev Part 3. Systemic Change and the Role of the Military: Modernization, Development and Civil-Military Relations 10. Toward a Theory of Civil-Military Relations in Communist (Hegemonial) Systems Roman Kolkowicz 11. The Praetorian Army: Insecurity, Venality and Impotence David C. Rapoport 12. The Morphology of Military Regimes Samuel E. Finer 13. Civil-Military Relations in Socialist Authoritarian and Praetorian States: Prospects and Retrospects Amos Perlmutter
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Roman Kolkowicz and Andrzej Korbonski
Summary
This book, first published in 1981, is a comprehensive examination of the main theoretical, methodological and empirical approaches to the study of the military in modernising political systems, in socialist and non-socialist countries. It analyses civil-military relations in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and China, and in doing so sheds new light on the comparative politics and strategic affairs of the Cold War period.
