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'The Armed Forces of Russia in Asia' by Greg Austin and Alexey D. Muraviev is reviewed.

As defence becomes a political football once again this article examines the relationship of the UK's military with the country from which it is drawn and which it serves. It argues that all three elements of the classic Clausewitzian trinity: the state, the people and the military, there are major problems. These are undermining the capabilities of the armed forces and will ultimately place far greater limitations on future government's use of the armed forces in support of British policies overseas. This will have significant implications for Britain in the future if it wishes to continue to "punch above its weight".

There are at present armed forces of the United States in England, Northern Ireland, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, China, India, Iceland, in British possessions in the Western Hemisphere from Newfoundland to British Guiana, and in other friendly countries. There are troops of Great Britain or her dominions in Egypt, Iraq, Iran, and a few of them in the United States. English forces were a few months ago in Greece, and ours in the Dutch East Indies and Burma. There are troops of various exiled governments in England. The armed forces of Germany are in Italy, Libya, Hungary, and Rumania; and those of Japan in French Indo-China and Thailand. In every case mentioned, the visiting forces are in the foreign country by invitation, or at least with the consent, of its sovereign or government.

Taylor reviews BURMA'S ARMED FORCES: Power without Glory by Andrew Selth.

Cover -- Half Title -- About the Book and Editors -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE EAST ASIA -- 1 The Role of the Armed Forces in Contemporary China -- 2 Taiwan's Armed Forces -- 3 Japan's Self-Defense Forces -- 4 The Societal Role of the ROK Armed Forces -- 5 North Korea: A Garrison State -- PART TWO SOUTHEAST ASIA -- 6 The People's Army of Vietnam -- 7 The Political Dynamics of Military Power in Thailand -- 8 The Role of the Armed Forces and Police in Malaysia -- 9 The Role of the Military in Singapore -- 10 The Role of the Indonesian Armed Forces -- 11 The Changing Role of the Philippine Military During Martial Law and the Implications for the Future -- 12 The Vanguard Army: The Tatmadaw and Politics in Revolutionary Burma -- PART THREE SOUTH ASIA -- 13 Civil-Military Relations in Post-Colonial India -- 14 The Role of the Military in Contemporary Pakistan -- 15 The Armed Forces in Bangladesh Society -- 16 The Military and Politics in Afghanistan: Before and After the Revolution -- PART FOUR CROSS-REGIONAL ANALYSIS -- 17 Regional Threat Environments in Asia: Problems of Aggregation -- About the Contributors.

In the view of the author - researcher at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University - some of the military options available to the Palestinian forces (Palestine Liberation Army, para-regular units, militias, terrorist squads) prior to the Lebanese war of 1982 constituted an immediate danger to Israel, while others posed less of a threat; the article addresses itself to both types of danger, as well as to the intra-Palestinian functions fulfilled by the Palestinian armed forces

In the October, 1942, number of this JOURNAL, was published an article by one of the present authors dealing with the jurisdiction of the courts of one country over the personnel of the armed forces of another friendly country at the time on the soil of the former. The presence in so many instances, in the war now raging, of the armed forces of one power in the territory of another was mentioned as the reason for the timeliness of that article. This situation still continues and makes equally timely an examination of the rights and the practice of a host country with respect to taxation of the friendly visiting forces, their operations, supplies, and personnel.