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Potential impacts of the declining number of national leaders with military experience, and increasing centralization of military power; advocates changes in the recruitment and education of military and civilian leaders; US.

▪ Abstract  Who will guard the guardians? Political scientists since Plato have sought to answer this, the central question of the civil-military relations subfield. Although civil-military relations is a very broad subject, encompassing the entire range of relationships between the military and civilian society at every level, the field largely focuses on the control or direction of the military by the highest civilian authorities in nation-states. This essay surveys political science's contribution to our understanding of civil-military relations, providing a rough taxonomy for cataloguing the field and discussing the recent renaissance in the literature as well as fruitful avenues for future research. The essay focuses on theoretical developments, slighting (for reasons of space) the many case studies and empirical treatments that have also made important contributions to our knowledge.

'Civil-Military Relations in Israel' by Yehuda Ben Meir is reviewed.

A panel discussion on military-civil relations with General Charles Boyd, USAF, retired; Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft, USAF, retired; and Professor Ole Holsti; moderated by Professor Mackubin Owens. ; "4 May 2000." ; Mode of access: Internet.

Investigates the reasons underlying military intervention in the political life of Turkey during the past 35 years, focusing on opposition of the military to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and growing power of Islamic political parties. Includes the coups d'état of 1960, 1971, and 1980 and the military's role in dissolution of the Islamist Welfare Party in Jan. 1998 and banning of former Prime Minister Erbakan from participation in politics for the next five years.

Rasmussen reviews 'Civil-Military Relations and Democracy' edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner and 'U.S. Civil-Military Relations: In Crisis or Transition?' edited by Don M. Snider and Miranda A. Carlton-Carew.