Military engagement. Volume 2, Regional and country studies : [electronic resource] : influencing armed forces worldwide to support democratic transitions / Dennis Blair, editor.

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TextPublication details: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013 2015); Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2013] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (1 PDF (vi, 392 pages) :) illustrations, mapsISBN:

9780815724803
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Introduction / Dennis Blair -- Characteristics of and influences on the armed forces during democratic transition in Latin America / Juan Emilio Cheyre -- Argentina : a transition without conditions / Julio Hang -- Chile : transition toward the subordination of the military / Juan C. Salgado Brocal -- From war to peace in El Salvador : the military transition / Humberto Corado Figueroa -- Military and democratic development in Asia : a complex narrative / Muthiah Alagappa -- The military and democratic reform in Indonesia / Rizal Sukma -- The military in democratic development : a Philippine case study / Raymundo B. Ferrer and Carolina G. Hernandez -- The armed forces and democratic development in Thailand / Suchit Bunbongkarn -- Sub-Saharan Africa : decolonization to multiparty democracy and the challenges of transforming military institutions / Martin Rupiya -- Civil-military relations and democratic consolidation in Nigeria : issues and challenges / Ecoma Alaga and Richard Akum -- Civil-military relations in Senegal / Biram Diop -- South Africa : transition of the armed forces from apartheid to multiparty democracy / Martin Rupiya -- Democracy and armed forces in Europe and Eurasia / Matthew Rhodes -- The role of foreign advisers in the process of Hungarian defense reform / Vilmos Hamikus -- The military transition : democratic reform of the Spanish armed forces / Narcís Serra and Marton Harsanyi -- The Middle East and North Africa / Tannous Mouawad -- Egypt : a case study / Raymond Maalouf -- Lebanon and Syria : a case study / Tannous Mouawad -- About the authors -- Index.

Summary: The response of an autocratic nation's armed forces is crucial to the outcome of democratization movements throughout the world. But what exact internal conditions have led to real-world democratic transitions, and have external forces helped or hurt? Here, experts with military and policy backgrounds, some of whom have played a role in democratic transitions, present instructive case studies of democratic movements. Focusing on the specific domestic context and the many influences that have contributed to successful transitions, the authors write about democratic civil-military relations in fourteen countries and five world regions. The cases include Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Lebanon, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Syria, and Thailand, augmented by regional overviews of Asia, Europe, Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa.

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The response of an autocratic nation's armed forces is crucial to the outcome of democratization movements throughout the world. But what exact internal conditions have led to real-world democratic transitions, and have external forces helped or hurt? Here, experts with military and policy backgrounds, some of whom have played a role in democratic transitions, present instructive case studies of democratic movements. Focusing on the specific domestic context and the many influences that have contributed to successful transitions, the authors write about democratic civil-military relations in fourteen countries and five world regions. The cases include Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Lebanon, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Syria, and Thailand, augmented by regional overviews of Asia, Europe, Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa.

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