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Soldiers and Societies in Postcommunist Europe

Legitimacy and Change

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Editors:
  1. Anthony Forster

    1. Department of Politics, University of Bristol, UK

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  2. Timothy Edmunds

    1. Department of Politics, University of Bristol, UK

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  3. Andrew Cottey

    1. Department of Government, University College Cork, Republic of Ireland

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Part of the book series: One Europe or Several? (OES)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Armed Forces and Society: a Framework for Analysis

    1. Armed Forces and Society: a Framework for Analysis

      • Timothy Edmunds, Anthony Forster, Andrew Cottey
      Pages 1-22

  3. Central Europe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. The Polish Armed Forces and Society

      • Paul Latawski
      Pages 25-40

    3. The Integration of the Czech Armed Forces into Society

      • Marie Vlachová
      Pages 41-55

    4. Armed Forces and Society in Slovakia

      • Marybeth Peterson Ulrich
      Pages 56-75

    5. The Armed Forces in Hungarian Society: Finding a Role?

      • Pál Dunay
      Pages 76-94

  4. The Baltic States

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Armed Forces and Society in Latvia: a Decade of Development

      • Jan Arveds Trapans
      Pages 97-111

    3. Armed Forces and Society in Lithuania

      • Andrius Krivas
      Pages 112-128

  6. The Former Soviet Union

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. The Army and Society in Ukraine

      • James Sherr
      Pages 219-234

  7. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
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    2. Conclusion: Patterns and Trends in Military-Society Relations in Postcommunist Europe

      • Timothy Edmunds, Anthony Forster, Andrew Cottey
      Pages 237-257
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About this book

This major comparative study examines the development of military-society relations in central and eastern Europe since the collapse of communism. Soldiers and Societies in Post-Communist Europe explores how the interaction of the common challenges of postcommunism and the diverse circumstances of individual countries are shaping patterns of military-society relations in this changing region. Detailed country case studies, written by international experts to a common analytical framework, compare the experiences of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Yugoslavia and Ukraine.

Reviews

'[This book] provides well researched analyses of the diverse ways in which the individual countries of the CEE region have evolved new perspectives and norms of military legitimacy during a period of dramatic change...anyone serving in a CEE country or working with staff officers or troops from this region would do well to dip into this volume.' - Peter Williams, The British Army Review

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Politics, University of Bristol, UK

    Anthony Forster, Timothy Edmunds

  • Department of Government, University College Cork, Republic of Ireland

    Andrew Cottey

About the editors

ALEX J. BELLAMY Lecturer, School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, Australia LAURA CLEARY Senior Lecturer, Department of Defence Management and Security Analysis, Cranfield University, UK PÁL DUNAY Director of the International Training Course in Security Policy, Geneva Centre for Security Policy JAMES GOW Professor of International Peace and Security, Department of War Studies, King's College London, UK LJUBICA JELUSIC Head of Defence Studies, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia ANDRIUS KRIVAS NATO Integration Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Lithuania PAUL LATAWSKI Senior Lecturer, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, UK MARJAN MALESIC Head of the Defence Research Centre, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia JAMES SHERR Fellow, Conflict Studies Research Centre, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, UK JAN ARVEDS TRAPANS Senior Fellow, Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces MARYBETH PETERSON ULRICH Associate Professor of Government, Department of National Security and Strategy, US Army War College LARRY L. WATTS Security Sector Reform Consultant, Office of the Romanian Presidency MARIE VLACHOVÁ Senior Fellow, Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces IVAN ZVERZANOVSKI Research Student, Department of War Studies, King's College London, UK

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