The breakdown of authoritarian regimes and the transition to more open forms of government and new market structures require extensive change, especially when such shifts lead to the disintegration of previous political, social, and economic systems. In his exploration of the Portuguese case, Lawrence Graham contends that during transitions the absence of a civilian-based opposition movement wi…
This book offers a comprehensive guide to identifying the means by which interrelationships of armed services and society can be explored and explained. It indicates the salient variables in these relationships, examines existing theories of civil-military relations, and sets out an overarching theory that seeks to provide both explanations for changes and a tool for prediction.
This monograph explains why robust civil-military relations matter and discusses how they are evolving. Part I examines the jurisprudence that has reshaped civil-military relations. The author maintains that since the Vietnam era, the U.S. Supreme Court has hewn the armed forces from general society in order to create a separate -- and more socially conservative -- sphere. Part II argues that t…