Soldiers, Peasants, and Bureaucrats: Civil-Military Relations in Communist and Modernizing Societies

ISBN-13: 9780367622510 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 344 str.

Roman Kolkowicz; Andrzej Korbonski

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Roman Kolkowicz and Andrzej Korbonski