This book interrogates the often controversial civil-military relations debate in Zimbabwe. The study argues that, theoretically, Civil-Military Relations (CMR) describes the relationship between civil society as a whole and the military organization or organizations established to protect it. More narrowly, it describes the relationship between the civil authority of a given society and its military institutions. Studies of civil-military relations often rest on a normative assumption that civilian control of the military is preferable to military control of the state. This text demonstrates...
This book interrogates the often controversial civil-military relations debate in Zimbabwe. The study argues that, theoretically, Civil-Military Relat...