The soldier and the changing state : building democratic armies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas / Zoltan Barany

Author: Barany, Zoltan D.
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2012]
Copyright Date: ©2012
Physical Description: xi, 456 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents

Introduction -- What does a democratic military look like? -- Building democratic armies after war -- After World War II: Germany, Japan, and Hungary -- After civil war: Bosnia and Herzegovina, El Salvador, and Lebanon regime change -- After military rule in Europe: Spain, Portugal, and Greece -- After military rule in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, and Guatemala -- After military rule in Asia: South Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia -- After state-socialism in Europe: Slovenia, Russia, and Romania -- State transformation -- After colonial rule in Asia: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh -- After colonial rule in Africa: Ghana, Tanzania, and Botswana -- After (re)unification and apartheid: Germany, South Africa, and Yemen -- Conclusion.

Summary

Zoltan Barany in The Soldier and the Changing State systematically explores, on a global scale, civil-military relations in democratizing and changing states. Looking at how armies supportive of democracy are built, he argues that military is most important institution that states maintain, for without military elites who support democratic governance, democracy cannot be consolidated. Barany also demonstrates that building democratic armies is the quintessential task of newly democratizing regimes. But how do democratic armies come about? What conditions encourage or impede democratic civil-military relations? And how can the state ensure the allegiance of its soldiers? Barany examines experiences of developing countries and the armed forces in the context of major political change in six specific settings: in the wake of war and civil war, after military and communist regimes, and following colonialism and unification/apartheid. He evaluates army-building and democratization experiences of twenty-seven countries and explains which predemocratic settings are most conducive to creating a military that will support democracy.

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9780691137681 (cloth : alk. paper)
0691137684 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780691137698 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0691137692 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Purchased with funds from the Elizabeth Epp Taft Library Endowment; 2013

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Elizabeth Epp Taft Library Endowment

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