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In the summer and autumn of 1944, the leadership of the resistance movement in Slovenia held two competitions among its political bodies and military units. Based on primary sources, the article analyses the idea, implementation, and results of these competitions, which, in terms of their content, represented a synergy between the resistance movement's motivational and propaganda approaches and its needs for additional material resources and the expansion of its personnel. The competitions in gathering the material and political support for the resistance organisation spurred the further activation of its political bodies at all levels and encouraged a better definition of their political tasks. Obtaining additional material and human resources directly from the population was vital for the functioning and survival of the resistance organisation under the conditions of significant deficit. However, such actions could only be carried out in the areas where the resistance was sufficiently organised and which were not entirely controlled by the occupying forces and their collaborators.

Med najbolj občutljivimi in hkrati zahtevnimi nalogami v okviru oblikovanja državne oblasti Države Slovencev, Hrvatov in Srbov je bilo oblikovanje obrambnega sistema in oboroženih sil kot njegovega najpomembnejšega elementa. Tveganje političnega dejanja razglasitve neodvisne države je bilo oktobra 1918 tisto, ki je narekovalo zelo zadržane priprave. Tako je državno vodstvo šele z dnem ustanovitve države začelo vzpostavljati elemente obrambnega sistema. Izhajalo je iz prevzema dotedanjega obrambnega sistema Avstro-Ogrske, skupaj z zakonodajo, nato pa ga je pod pritiskom okoliščin tudi prilagajalo in poenostavilo. Upravljalo ga je distributivno, po poverjeništvih za narodno (o)brambo v Zagrebu (centralno in za Kraljevino Hrvaško), v Ljubljani in Sarajevu. Vlada Narodnega vijeća je izhajala iz postulata enotnega obrambnega sistema z enotno vojsko, sestavljeno iz treh (pozneje štirih) vojaških poveljstev za slovenske dežele, Kraljevino in Bosno in Hercegovino. Narodna vlada SHS v Ljubljani je z upravno opredelitvijo svojega področja delovanja po 19. novembru 1918 neposredno prevzela vse vodenje vojaških zadev in obrambnega sistema, strnila vse tri veje avstrijskih oboroženih sil v enovite oborožene sile in na podlagi mobilizacije (z mnogimi elementi prostovoljstva) vzpostavila osnovne vojaške enote.

Avtor analizira organizacijsko strukturo politične organizacije KPJ/ZKJ, ki je delovala v vojski FLRJ / SFRJ v letih 1945-1990. V skladu s zasnovo socialistične vojske in organiziranostjo po principu delovnih okolij je v JA / JLA stranka neposredno imela svoje organizacije in politične organe. Organizacija je povezovala vse člane KPJ / ZKJ, ki so bili vključeni v obrambni sistem: profesionalne pripadnike (oficirje, podoficirje in civilne osebe v službi JLA) kot tudi vojaške obveznike med služenjem vojaškega roka. Politična organizacija je v tem okolju delovala v piramidalni strukturi od osnovnih organizacij do osrednjega vodstva za celotne oborožene sile, pretežno sledeč vsakokratni členitvi vojaških sil. Zaradi forsiranega včlanjevanja je bilo v članstvu vseskozi velika večina častniškega zbora, podčastnikov in drugih zaposlenih v vojski, občasno pa tudi večje število vojakov, ki so služili vojaški rok. Organizacija je bila vse obravnavano obdobje pod posebnim neposrednim skrbstvom osrednjega političnega organa stranke, Centralnega komiteja in njegovega politbiroja. Zaradi federalne strukture ZKJ je bila Organizacija ZKJ v JLA najpomembnejši sestavni del ZKJ; leta 1974 pa jo je vodstvo ZKJ po polni federalni organiziranosti ZKJ preoblikovalo v posebno organizacijo, po statusu (skoraj) enakovredno republiškim organizacijam ZKJ.

Following the successful defence of the country in June and July 1991, the Republic of Slovenia developed its partly unestablished defence system in the light of the instability of the country's southern neighbourhood that continued to be ravaged by war for the next five years. As an independent country, Slovenia developed its system of national defence in the context of armed neutrality, but with a desire to join Nato and thus transition to a system of collective defence. The Territorial Defence was developed into a regular army and renamed as the Slovenian Armed Forces in 1994. In the circumstances dictated both by restrictions imposed by the UN (arms embargo) as well as the country's own capacities and available material resources, Slovenia developed a single-type army based on national service and initial large numbers that were gradually reduced. In 1993, the country decided to pursue collective defence as a strategic goal and initiated efforts to join Nato. As Slovenia moved closer to Nato and as the security of its immediate environment changed, numerous reforms of the Army and of the defence sector loomed. During Slovenia's preparations to join Nato from 2000 to 2004, the country abandoned its national service system in 2003 and reformed the Slovenian Armed Forces into a professional army numbering about 7600 professional soldiers, NCOs and officers, as well as an additional limited voluntary reserve force.