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The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in East-Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Book Code: GM1562
ISBN: 0-313-31562-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31562-6
256 pages, n/a
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 5/30/2004
List Price: $86.95 (UK Sterling Price: £49.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Contributions in Military Studies
Series Number: 228
Reviews:
  • Recommended. Research and professional collections.
    —Choice
    June 2005
  • [A]n exceptional compilation of case studies....[s]heds much light on the democratic progress of Eastern Europe with regard to civil-military relations....This book provides an excellent starting point for evaluating civil-military relations in Eastern Europe....For those looking for concise and substantive examinations of these states in a single volume, there is no better compilation at this time.
    —Journal of Slavic Military Studies
    2005
Description: The dismantlement of the communist system of control of the military and its replacement with a democratic model is one of the most significant aspects of the post-communist transition in East-Central Europe and the former Soviet-Union. The success of democratic civil-military reforms is an important and underappreciated measure of the state of democratic transitions in these countries, and it also has important implications for and links with regional security and NATO relations. This book examines the state of democratic civil-military reforms in nine East-Central and former Soviet states: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Russia, and Ukraine. An examination of these states is of particular interest and importance given their varied relationship with NATO, a relationship that is influenced to a large extent by the amount of progress in reforming their post-communist system of control of their militaries. Following a comprehensive theoretical chapter on civil-military relations, the individual chapters consider the accomplishments as well as the outstanding shortcomings of democratic civil-military reforms. Overall, the book argues that the weaknesses apparent in all these countries in the implementation of the democratic norms of civilian control of the military require continued attention in order to strengthen not only the relationship with NATO (wither membership is already obtained or sought) but also regional security in general.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction and Theoretical Perspectives
  • Introduction by Harald von Riekhoff
  • Civil-Military Relations in Post-Communist Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union: Some Theoretical Issues by Mark Yaniszewski
  • NATO Accession States: The First Round
  • Civil-Military Relations in the Czech Republic: Ambivalent Reformers, Immature Structures by Davis J. Betz
  • Hungary: A Corner Turned? by James Sherr
  • Post-Communist Civil-Military Relations in Poland by Piotr Dutkiewicz
  • NATO Candidate States
  • Civil-Military Relations in the Baltic Republics by Harald von Riekhoff
  • Post Communist Civil-Military Relations in Bulgaria by Piotr Dutkiewicz and Plamen Pantev
  • Post-Soviet States
  • Civil-Military Relations in Post-Soviet Russia: Rebuilding the "Battle Order"? by David Betz and Sergei Plekhanov
  • The Ukranian Military, Democratic Civil-Military Relations and the Euro-Atlantic Strategic Culture by Natalie Mychajlyszyn
  • Conclusion by Harald von Riekhoff
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Appendix A: List of Interviews
  • Index
  • About the Contributors
LC Card Number: 2003060709
LCC Class: JN96
Dewey Class: 322
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