Looking at how armies supportive of democracy are built, this title argues that the military is the important institution that states maintain, for without mili

In a classic work, Samuel P. Huntington challenges most of the old assumptions and ideas on the role of the military in society. Stressing the value of the mili

politics, and national security policy.--John R. Ballard "On Point"

The Soldier and the Changing State is the first book to systematically explore, on a global scale, civil-military relations in democratizing and changing states

Armies of Arabia is the first book to comprehensively analyze the armed forces of the Gulf monarchies. Zoltan Barany explains the conspicuous ineffectiveness of