The Warrior State How Military Organization Structures Politics

by Dolman, Everett Carl

• ISBN13: 9781403966612
• ISBN10: 1403966613
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Putting into question the conventional view that the military is detrimental to democratic development, Dolman provides a multifaceted examination of the institutional incentives of the military and its relations with civilian authorities. Drawing on classical political theory, a wide range of historical examples, and statistical findings, The Warrior State argues that the military can facilitate democracy as the result of specific norms and conditions that focus on individual action. Ironically, this may be best inculcated through a focus on the offensive, precisely the military doctrine commonly seen as most likely to result in international conflict. The paradox of offensive strategies possibly increasing international conflict while also enhancing democracy, which is supposed to decrease such conflict, form a core of this provocative book.

Author Biography

Everett Carl Dolman is Professor of Comparative Military Studies at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, United States Air Force Air University.

Table of Contents

1. Military Service, Citizenship, and the International Environment	1	(14)
2. Arms and State	15	(32)
3. Ancient Republics and Radical Democracy: Athens and Sparta	47	(32)
4. Early Republics: Switzerland, the Dutch, and France	79	(42)
5. Military Organization and the Prusso-German State	121	(38)
6. Post Cold War Implications and the American Military	159	(20)
7. Conclusion	179	(6)
Notes	185	(18)
Works Cited	203	(8)
Index	211