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Gestützt primär auf sowjetische Quellen vermitteln die Autoren einen Überblick über das Sytem und die Einzeldisziplinen der militärischen Sozialwissenschaften in der UdSSR: Militärgeschichte (Schwerpunkt: Akademie des Generalstabs), militärische Pädagogik und Psychologie sowie militärische Ökonomie, Geographie und Soziologie. Des weiteren informieren die Verfasser über die politische Kontroll- und Kommandostruktur der sowjetischen Streitkräfte (Rolle der KPdSU und der Politischen Hauptverwaltung des Verteidigungsministeriums). BIOst-Klk)

Diversity in the armed forces of the United States / Charles Moskos -- Diversity in the Canadian forces / Donna Winslow, Phyllis Browne and Angela Febbraro -- Indigenous integration into the Bolivian and Ecuadorean armed forces / Brian R. Selmeski -- Diversity in the Brazilian armed forces / Celso Castro -- Diversity in the South African armed forces / Lindy Heinecken -- Diversity in the Eritrean armed forces / Mussie Teclemichael Tessema -- Diversity in the Indian armed forces / Leena Parmar -- Diversity in the Israel Defense Forces / Edna Lomsky-Feder and Eyal Ben-Ari -- Ethnic diversity in the British armed forces / Christopher Dandeker and David Mason -- Diversity in the French armed forces / Bernard Boëne and Claude Weber -- Diversity in the German armed forces / Heiko Biehl, Paul Klein and Gerhard Kümmel -- Diversity in the Belgian armed forces / Philippe Manigart -- Diversity in the Dutch armed forces / Rudy Richardson, Jolanda Bosch and René Moelker

"This book explores the international law framework governing the use of armed force in occupied territory through a rigorous analysis of the interplay between jus ad bellum, international humanitarian law, and international human rights law. Through an examination of state practice and opinio juris, treaty provisions and relevant international and domestic case law, this book offers the first comprehensive study on this topic. This book will be relevant to scholars, practitioners, legal advisors, and students across a range of sub-disciplines of international law, as well as in peace and conflict studies, international relations, and political science. This study will influence the way in which States use armed force in occupied territory, offering guidance and support in litigations before domestic and international courts and tribunals"--

A systematic study of the experience of the more than 30,000 Hong Kong men and women who served in the British armed forces from the Opium Wars to the end of the British rule, putting them in the context of Hong Kong history, the history of the British Empire, and the military history of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Soldiering, which for almost two millennia was almost entirely foreign to Jewish thought and practice, has by virtue of universal conscription become a rite of passage to citizenship in the Jewish state. For practicing orthodox Jews in Israel that change generates dilemmas that are intellectual as well as behavioural, and has necessitated both doctrinal and institutional adaptations. At the same time, the responses thus evoked are forcing Israel's decision-makers to reconsider the traditional role of the Israel Defence Force (IDF) as their country's most evocative symbol of national unity.

It is widely assumed, at least from a Western perspective, that the armed forces provide national defence against external threats. In reality, within many consolidated Western democracies the armed forces are assuming an increasingly wide range of internal roles and tasks. These can include domestic security roles and the provision of humanitarian assistance in situations of natural or humanitarian catastrophe, often under the command and control of different civilian agencies. This SSR Paper seeks to make sense of this complex reality. Different internal roles of armed forces are analysed, drawing on the cases of Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Through carefully examining evolving internal roles and identifying patterns and lessons from these experiences, this SSR Paper provides an important contribution to understanding the evolving nature of contemporary armed forces.

Afghanistan talks. Experiential isomorphism in the military / Joseph L. Soeters -- Introduction / Gerhard Kmmel -- European civilmilitary relations in transition : the decline of conscription / Karl W. Haltiner, Tibor Szvircsev Tresch -- News from the home front : communities supporting military families / Ren(c)Øe Moelker, Gabri(c)Øella Poot, Manon Andres, Ljubica Jeluic, Jelena Juvan, Leena Parmar, Maren Tomforde -- Attitudes and opportunities : self-selection and anticipatory socialization effects in youth perceptions of the military / Stephen C. Trainor -- The military and civil society in Korea / Doo-Seung Hong -- Military organization and asymmetric conflicts : changing approach / Eraldo Olivetta -- Hidden agenda in Paraguay : the dilemma of external democratization through U.S. military co-operation / Anke Schnemann -- Military and politics in south and central America : the self-perceptions of the armed forces in Latin America / Tony Kr(c)·onert -- Introduction / Giuseppe Caforio -- Language matters in the military / Andrea van Dijk, Joseph L. Soeters -- Introduction / Bandana Purkayastha -- The impact of counterterrorism and strain on Palestinian terrorism / Maya Beasley -- Communal conflict, state failure, and peacebuilding : the case of Ambon, Indonesia / Iwan Gardono Sudjatmiko -- National business, civil war abatement and peacebuilding / Syed Mansoob Murshed -- National youth service : an institution for building and sustaining peace / Donald J. Eberly -- Building and sustaining the fabric of peace : notes from the field / Bandana Purkayastha -- The impact of asymmetric warfare on the military profession and structure : lessons learned from the Ottoman military / A. Kadir Varoglu, Mesut Uyar -- Dr. Strangelove or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb : suicide attacks in asymmetric warfare / Gerhard Kmmel -- The asymmetric warfare : in search of a symmetry / Giuseppe Caforio -- Use and impact of information-communication technology in modern conflict : the war in Iraq / Uro Svete -- Terrorism and security in the caribbean before and after 9/11 / Dion E. Phillips -- General Introduction / Giuseppe Caforio, Bandana Purkayastha, Gerhard Kmmel Editors. - The study of armed forces and conflict resolution has undergone important developments at the turn of the millennium, driven by emerging events. The fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Cold War, the resurgence of nationalism and religious wars, ethnic cleansing, September Eleven, the War on Terror, and asymmetric warfare, the United Nations' inability to manage and successfully conclude military operations, are so many flash points of how much things have changed since the Cold War. The action of militaries has become more important, more difficult, more controversial, and, at the same time, insufficient, without parallel methods and political actions for resolving conflicts.As scholars conceptions of conflicts have changed, so have their understanding of conflict resolution and peace. This latter scholarship now spans analyses of the role of governments, civil institutions, and organized groups. The studies of building and sustaining peace now span institutional, inter-actional, and interpersonal levels in order to conceptualize a more holistic, long-term vision of peace.This book brings together contributions from scholars of various social science disciplines on three themes that appeared significant for the study of the phenomenon of conflict and conflict resolution. The first theme is centered on the new aspects of war in the twenty-first century where asymmetric warfare has changed many rules of the game, imposing a profound transformation on the military, not only tactical, but also structural, preparatory, mental and ideological.The second theme regards the delicate relations between the armed forces and societies. The ever-greater technicality of military operations and their lower comprehensibility to the broad public as a result, together with increased sensitivity in many countries in regard to the use of violence and death, have created social situations and problems that deserve to be investigated. The third theme, building and sustaining peace, operationalizes different types and levels of violence and conflict. It assesses ongoing efforts, for instance, governments trying to contain or diffuse conflict, businesses and national service schemes building peaceful civil spheres, and the efforts of organized groups to claim, shape, and extend the spheres of life that are free of conflict

The armed forces in Myanmar politics: a terminating role? -- Foreword -- Executive Summary -- The Army and the Constitution -- Why the Surprise? -- Creating the Conditions for Constitutional Government -- Effecting A Transition -- The Army's Perceptions of Threats to National Consolidation -- A Functioning Legislature and Executive -- Control and Elimination of Ethnic Insurgent Groups -- Assurance of the Financial Capacity for the Army -- Conclusion.

China has the world's largest fighting force, known collectively as the People's Liberation Army. Even today, in a stage of modernization,the PLA is still a political and ideological breeding ground, irrespective of the popular doctrine channelled from Peking that the Party controls the gun'. This book, which doesn't want to be a political one but nevertheless is soaked in political contexts, introduces many aspects of the PLA: its historical background, leaders, and its modern shape and role in particular. The last section deals with conventional weaponry and equipment in the PLA. (DÜI-Sbt)