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Civil-Military Relations and Democracy

edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner

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How will civil-military relations affect efforts to consolidate new democracies in developing and postcommunist countries? How should democratic governments go about establishing civilian control of the armed forces? This volume brings together ten distinguished authorities from around the world to examine these questions as they relate to Latin America, Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union.

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Provides a wealth of information and some fresh thinking on the role of the military and civil-military relations in many parts of the world. The intellectual quality of most contributions is high and they are concise and well-written.

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9
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200
ISBN
9780801855368
Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Civil-Military Relations in the New Era Reforming Civil-Military Relations
2. Mission Matters
3. Post-Cold War Military Missions
4. The Developing World Armed Forces in Latin America after

Introduction
1. Civil-Military Relations in the New Era Reforming Civil-Military Relations
2. Mission Matters
3. Post-Cold War Military Missions
4. The Developing World Armed Forces in Latin America after the Cold War
5. Asian Militaries in the Post-Cold War Era
6. Security and Transition in South Africa
7. The Postcommunist World Civil-Military Relations in Poland
8. The Russian Military and the Postcommunist Transformation Process
9. Postcommunist Wars, Charles Fairbanks Epilogue

Author Bios
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Larry Diamond

Larry Diamond is coeditor of the Journal of Democracy, codirector of the International Forum for Democratic Studies, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.
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Marc F. Plattner

Marc F. Plattner is vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy. Plattner and Diamond are coeditors of the Journal of Democracy.