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The Israeli armed forces have for a long time been portrayed as a primary agent of the new immigrants' absorption in the Israeli society, as part of the armed forces' role-extension to more general 'national' tasks. Examined is to what extent this portrayal remains valid in the 1970s. Two interrelated issues pertaining to new immigrants' military service are raised: (1) the position reached by new immigrants in terms of military ranks & units, & (2) the effect of military service on the new immigrants' social integration & mobility in the Israeli society as a whole. Computerized data, supplied by the Israeli Defense Forces & analyzed using a specially designed index of representation, show that new immigrants who completed their regular military service between 1968 & 1976 were overrepresented in the private's rank & underrepresented in all the other ranks. The key variable explaining the low position reached by new immigrants in the armed forces is their length of military service. Most new immigrants are required to serve relatively short periods which preclude their training for higher ranking positions. Regarding the effect of military service on the new immigrants' absorption in the Israeli society as a whole, it is shown that the service does strengthen their feeling of belonging to the Israeli national collectivity. Military service, no matter in what rank & unit, or for how long, acts as a symbolic rite de passage to the Israeli society. Military service is a social integrator but not an agent of social mobility. 3 Tables. Modified AA.

The Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) is a Department of Defense (DoD) organization within the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). ; CCMR News Article ; Between 25-28 April 2016, a Center for Civil Military Relations (CCMR) team delivered a seminar on the topic of "Legislatures & the Armed Forces" for 23 participants (4 civilians, and 19 military) from Lebanon, at the Lebanon Armed Forces (LAF) Staff College located in Beirut.

"Different activities conducted by armed forces and their personnel are governed by different branches of international law, in particular international humanitarian law, international criminal law and human rights law. In recent times, the growing number and jurisprudence of international jurisdictions have also addressed the activities of military personnel engaged in different scenarios, including the internal organisation of armed forces and forms of violation of different rules of international law. Relevant decisions include, for instance, the international ad hoc criminal Tribunals, special courts, and truth and reconciliation commissions, as well as human rights courts and the International Court of Justice. This book explores the relationship between armed forces and international tribunals, courts and non-judicial bodies, taking into consideration the case-law developed by those jurisdictions"--Back cover

Crouch reviews 'The Armed Forces of Indonesia' by Robert Lowry.

THE AUTHOR USES THE WORKS OF MARTIN WIGHT AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR A DISCUSSION OF WHETHER THE EXISTENCE OF ARMED FORCES PRESERVES PEACE OR PROVOKES WAR. FOCUS IS IN THE ISSUE OF HOW COMPETITION IN ARMED FORCES - THE ARMS RACE - IS ITSELF A CAUSE OF WAR.

Introduction -- The mandate army -- Creation, conscription, and cohesion 1921-1936 -- Praetorian Iraq -- The military moderator regimes 1936-1941 -- Dismantling the military moderator regime 1941-1958 -- Military coups and the ruler regimes 1958-1968 -- The totalitarian military -- The Baathification of the military 1968-1980 -- The totalitarian military and the Iran-Iraq War 1980-1984 -- The reassertion of the Iraqi officers 1984-1988 -- Wars, coups, sanctions, and collapse 1988-2003 -- The mandate army redux -- The US and the Iraqi army.

Offering an innovative conceptual framework to critically evaluate contemporary civil-military relations across the continent of Europe, this book analyzes eight key issues in armed forces and society relations, to explore the scale and intensity of these changes