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Civil-Military Relations And Democracy

by Larry Jay Diamond (Editor), Marc F. Plattner
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Overview

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.

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author, Larry Jay Diamond

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.

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Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

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.

β€” Dirk Berg-Schlosser

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics - Dirk Berg-Schlosser

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.

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

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.

β€” Dirk Berg-Schlosser

Book Details

Published
September 1, 1996
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages
200
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780801855368

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