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- Contributes empirically to the literature on civil-military relations
- Presents a comparative framework of decision-making between the states studied
- Studies both political decision-making and the involvement of the armed forces in decision-making
Part of the book series: New Security Challenges (NSECH)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Taking its departure in the concept of strategic culture, this book answers the question of why European countries decide either to participate or not in international military operations. This volume examines strategic culture and its relation to justifications of decisions made by France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom, with regard to four different operations: Operation Enduring Freedom/ISAF in Afghanistan, Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq, Operation Unified Protector in Libya, and EU Navfor/Atalanta outside Somalia. In this work, the authors closely analyse the role of civil-military relations with regard to decisions about participation.
What is the role of the armed forces in the political process leading up to the decision? What is their advisory capacity in shaping the mission? Employing a theoretical framework of strategic culture, including aspects of civil military relations, this innovative volume seeks to answer these questions. This text is essential reading for academics, researchers and students of international relations, foreign policy, war studies or civil-military relations.
Editors and Affiliations
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Swedish Defence University , Stockholm, Sweden
Malena Britz
About the editor
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: European Participation in International Operations
Book Subtitle: The Role of Strategic Culture
Editors: Malena Britz
Series Title: New Security Challenges
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39759-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39758-0Published: 22 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81959-4Published: 27 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39759-7Published: 20 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2731-0329
Series E-ISSN: 2731-0337
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 233
Topics: Military and Defence Studies, European Politics, European Union Politics