Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One Actors and Institutions
7. Chapter 1 Military Professionalism in a Democracy 17
8. Chapter 2 Legislatures and National Defense: Global Comparisons 34
9. Chapter 3 Ministries of Defense and Democratic Control 71
10. Part Two Roles and Missions of the Military
11. Chapter 4 Strategy Formulation and National Defense: Peace, War, and the Past as Prologue 101
12. Chapter 5 The Spectrum of Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces 122
13. Part Three Issues in Civilian Control of the Military
14. Chapter 6 Reforming Intelligence: The Challenge of Control in New Democracies 145
15. Chapter 7 Defense Budgets, Democratic Civilian Control, and Effective Governance 178
16. Chapter 8 Conscription or the All-Volunteer Force: Recruitment in a Democratic Society 208
17. Chapter 9 Professional Military Education in Democracies 235
18. Conclusion 263
19. Bibliography 271
20. About the Editors and Contributors 298
21. Index 303