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1 online resource (337 pages) |
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Cass Military Studies |
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Cass military studies.
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Cover; Democratic Civil-Military Relations: Soldiering in 21st Century Europe; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I Introduction; Conceptualizations of the democratic soldier in twenty-first century Europe: Competing norms and practical tensions; Part II Case studies on traditional democracies; 1 The Swiss citizen-soldier: A contested tradition; 2 The ideal type of the democraticsoldier in Britain; Part III Case studies on consolidated post-authoritarian democracies; 3 The German Bundeswehr soldierbetween constitutional settingsand current tasks |
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4 The image of the Spanish soldierafter the transition to democracyPart IV Case studies on post-socialist democracies; 5 Model and reality of thedemocratic soldier in the CzechRepublic; 6 The ongoing transformation ofthe Estonian Defence Forces; 7 The democratic soldier inHungary; 8 The Lithuanian reform of thearmed forces after independence; 9 The Polish soldier betweennational traditions andinternational projection; 10 Democratic soldiering in Romania: From norms through policy to reality; 11 State building and images of thedemocratic soldier in Serbia |
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12 The Ukrainian model of thedemocratic soldierPart VConclusions; 13 Transformation stress: Democratic soldiers between ideals and mission impossible; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book examines the ways in which European democracies, including former communist states, are dealing with the new demands placed on their security policies since the cold war by transforming their military structures, and the effects this is having on the conceptualisation of soldiering. In the new security environment, democratic states have called upon their armed forces increasingly to fulfil unconventional tasks -- partly civilian, partly humanitarian, and partly military -- in most complex, multi-national missions. Not only have military structures been transformed to make them fit f |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Sociology, Military -- Europe -- Cross-cultural studies
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Military service, Voluntary -- Europe
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Soldiers -- Europe
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Democracy -- Europe
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Civil-military relations -- Europe
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Civil-military relations
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Democracy
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Military service, Voluntary
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Sociology, Military
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Soldiers
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Demokrati -- Europa.
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Soldater -- Europa.
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Militären och samhället -- Europa -- 2000-talet.
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203113912 |
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0203113918 |
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