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The Challenge of Military Reform in Postcommunist Europe

Building Professional Armed Forces

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Anthony Forster

    1. Defence Studies Department, King’s College London/Joint Services Command and Staff College, UK

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  2. Timothy Edmunds

    1. Defence Studies Department, King’s College London/Joint Services Command and Staff College, UK

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  3. Andrew Cottey

    1. Department of Government, University College Cork, Ireland

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

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: the Professionalisation of Armed Forces in Postcommunist Europe

    1. Introduction: the Professionalisation of Armed Forces in Postcommunist Europe

      • Anthony Forster, Timothy Edmunds, Andrew Cottey
      Pages 1-16

  5. South-eastern Europe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Professionalisation of the Romanian Armed Forces

      • Marian Zulean
      Pages 115-132

    3. The New Model Army? Bulgarian Experiences of Professionalisation

      • Laura Cleary
      Pages 133-148

    4. Professionalisation of the Slovenian Armed Forces

      • Igor Kotnik-Dvojmoč, Erik Kopač
      Pages 149-164

    5. A Revolution in Civil-Military Affairs: the Professionalisation of Croatia’s Armed Forces

      • Alex J. Bellamy
      Pages 165-182

    6. Professionalisation and the Yugoslav Army

      • James Gow
      Pages 183-193

  6. The Former Soviet Union

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. Deprofessionalising the Russian Armed Forces

      • Dale R. Herspring
      Pages 197-210

    3. Professionalisation of Armed Forces: the Case of Ukraine

      • James Sherr
      Pages 211-229

  7. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
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About this book

This major comparative study examines the challenges faced by countries of postcommunist Europe in reforming and professionalizing their armed forces. It explores how the interaction of the common challenges of postcommunism and the diverse circumstances of individual countries are shaping professionalization processes in this changing region. The detailed country case studies in this volume, written by leading experts to a common analytical framework, compare the experiences of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, FRY, Russia and Ukraine.

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'[A] well-conceived and tightly edited manuscript that adds significantly to our understanding of the military in an increasingly important area of the world. The conceptual scheme lends coherence to the substantive chapters, written by recognized experts on the countries in question. The book offers a needed corrective to the notion that NATO standards and notions of professionalism will dominate modern militaries. It will be of interest to those interested in post-communist systems and civil-military relations.' - Professor John Allen Williams, Loyola University Chicago, Executive Director, Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society

Editors and Affiliations

  • Defence Studies Department, King’s College London/Joint Services Command and Staff College, UK

    Anthony Forster, Timothy Edmunds

  • Department of Government, University College Cork, Ireland

    Andrew Cottey

About the editors

ALEX J. BELLAMY Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, Kings College London, Joint Services Command and Staff College LAURA CLEARY Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of Stirling PAL DUNAY Director, International Training Course in Security Policy, Geneva Centre for Security Policy JAMES GOW Reader, Department of War Studies, Kings College London DALE R. HERSPRING Professor of Political Science, Kansas State University ERIK KOPAC Researcher and Assistant Professor, Department of Defence Studies, University of Ljubljana IGOR KOTNIK-DVOJMOC State Under-secretary, Slovenian Ministry of Defence, Assistant Professor, Department of Defence Studies, University of Ljubljana PAUL LATAWSKI Senior Lecturer in International Affairs, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst ROBERTAS SAPRONAS Head of Analysis and Planning Division, International Relations Department, Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence JAMES SHERR Senior Fellow, Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces 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 MARIE VLACHOVÁ Senior Fellow, Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces MARIAN ZULEAN Advisor on NATO and the OCSE, International Affairs Department Office of the Romanian Presidency

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