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There is no dilemma that military symbolizes the power and thecapacity of the state to ensure the security of its boundaries, but also to influence thesecurity in wider frameworks. Military potential itself was the grounds for the equilibrium ofthe world until the fall of the Berlin Wall. However, the following historic events haveentailed a redefinition process of the military's place in the state. This has resulted inreforms of the military potential and the interconnection of the civil and the militaryrelations at both the national and the international level. The current threats and risksagainst security additionally underline the necessity for such interconnection because themilitary culture significantly differs from the civilian culture in the approach to certainsecurity related issues. The situation in the Republic of Macedonia since the period ofgaining independence onwards is similar. This text aims to make a very brief analysis of thepreference of the military security option over the civilian option, and, at the same time, ofthe situation in the Republic of Macedonia related to this issue in the past 20 years.Key words: armed forces, defence interests, security environment, politicalinfluence, security threats.

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Introduction--Preface.--pt. I. 1905 and 1909.--pt. II. Our military needs and our military system.--pt. III. The War Office, Parliament, and the nation.--Appendix.--Index. ; Mode of access: Internet.