Routledge Handbook of Civil-Military Relations

<p>This second edition of <i>The Routledge Handbook of Civil-Military Relations</i> offers a wide-ranging, internationally focused overview of the field of civil-military relations.</p><p>The armed forces are central actors in most societies and are involved in many different roles. Amongst other activities, they engage in peace operations, support the police in fighting crime, support civilian authorities in dealing with natural disasters, and fight against terrorists and in internal conflicts. The existing literature on this subject is limited in its discussion of warfighting and thus does not do justice to the variety of roles. This second edition not only fills this important lacuna but offers an up-to-date comparative analysis and provides a conceptual framework to analyze how strategies can realistically be implemented. Amalgamating ideas from key thinkers in the field, the book is organized into three main thematic parts: Part I: Civil-Military Relations in Non-Democratic States and Illiberal Democracies; Part II: Civil-Military Relations in New Democracies; Part III: Civil-Military Relations in Established Democracies.</p><p>This handbook will be essential reading for students and practitioners in the fields of civil-military relations, defense studies, war and conflict studies, international security, and IR in general.</p> <p>Foreword <em>Aurel Croissant </em>Acknowledgments<em> </em>1. Introduction: Democratic Civil-Military Relations in 21st Century <em>Florina</em> <i>Cristiana Matei, Carolyn Halladay, and Thomas C. Bruneau </i><b>Part I: Case Studies of Civil-Military Relations in Non-Democratic States and Illiberal Democracies: The Issue of Control </b>2. Civil-Military Relations in Putin’s Russia <i>Ihor Kovalevskyi </i>3. Civil-Military Relations in a Pseudo-Democratic State: The Case of Thailand <i>Paul Chambers </i>4. The Transformation of the Venezuelan Bolivarian Armed Forces under Chávez and Maduro <i>Harold A. Trinkunas</i> 5. Saudi Arabia: A Story of Military Allegiance <i>Ayman Al-Yassini </i>6. Bolivia: A Tale of Praetorianism <i>Brendan J. de Brun </i>7. The Republic of Niger: The Military as a Security and Political Actor <i>Sebastian Elischer </i>8. Uganda: Civilian Control of the Military and its Limits <i>Michael Skarda </i>9. Turkey—The Illusion of Civilian Control: Effectiveness in the Justice and Development Party Era <i>Kevin McCaskey with Catherine L. Grant </i>10. Singapore: Civil-Military Fusion and Militarized Civilians <i>Shannon A. Brown </i><b>Part II: Case Studies of Civil-Military Relations in New Democracies: The Issue of Effectiveness in Different Roles and Missions </b>11. Peacekeeping and Civil-Military Relations in Uruguay <i>Diego Esparza </i>12. Election Security and Democratic Civil-Military Relations in Ghana <i>Rachel Sigman </i>13. Indonesia: The Pitfalls of Imperfect Civilian Control for Military Effectiveness <i>Philip Lorenz </i>14. Tunisia: The Politics of Nonintervention <i>Kevin McCaskey </i>15. The South Korean Military’s Peacekeeping Missions: A Story of Effectiveness <i>Erik J. Leklem </i>16. Civil-Military Dividends of a Majoritarian State: The Case of Sri Lanka <i>Anshu N. Chatterjee </i>17. Brazil: The Ebb and Flow of Democratic Civilian Control <i>Thomas C. Bruneau and Florina Cristiana Matei </i>18. Greece: After the Seven Year Itch of Military Rule <i>Konstantinos Kokkalis </i>19. Peru: When Presidents Go Praetorian <em>John </em>"<i>Clay" Oeffinger and Florina Cristiana Matei </i><b>Part III:</b> <b>Case Studies of Civil-Military Relations in Established Democracies: The Dynamics of Change in Control and Effectiveness </b>20. The Soldier’s Tradition and Civil-Military Relations in Germany <i>Donald Abenheim </i>21. Civil-Military Relations in Great Britain and the "Special Relationship" <i>Todd Greentree </i>22. Women and Civil-Military Relations: The Military Dimension of Global to Grassroots Institutional Gender Transformation <i>Angela Grdina </i>23. The United States: Countering Terrorism Operations <i>Paul Shemella </i>24. From Tragedy to Success in Colombia: The Centrality of Effectiveness in Civil-Military Relations <i>Thomas C. Bruneau and Richard B. Goetze Jr. </i>25. The Civil-Military Relations Bureaucratic Machinery in Australia <i>Michael Evans </i>26. Conclusion <i>David Pion-Berlin</i></p>