Soldiers and Societies in Postcommunist Europe

ANTHONY FORSTER is Professor of Politics and International Relations and Director of the Governance Research Centre at the Department of Politics, University of Bristol. He has published widely on the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy and on civil-military relations. - TIMOTHY EDMUNDS is a Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College London and the Joint Services Command and Staff College. He has published widely on issues of civil-military relations in postcommunist Europe and security sector reform in Croatia and Yugoslavia. - ANDREW COTTEY is Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Integration and a Lecturer in the Department of Government, University College Cork. He has published widely on European and international security issues.

• Preface Notes on Contributors Armed Forces and Society in Postcommunist Europe: A Framework for Analysis; T.Edmunds, A. Forster & A.Cottey PART I: CENTRAL EUROPE The Polish Armed Forces and Society; P.Latawski The Integration of the Czech Armed Forces into Society; M.Vlachová Armed Forces and Society in Slovakia; M.Peterson Ulrich The Armed Forces in Hungarian Society: Finding a Role?; P.Dunay PART II: THE BALTIC STATES The Armed Forces and Society in Latvia: A Decade of Development; J.Arveds Trapans Armed Forces and Society in Lithuania; A.Krivas PART III: SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE Ahead of the Curve: The Military-Society Relationship in Romania; L.L.Watts Still the People's Army? Armed Forces and Society in Bulgaria; L.Cleary 'Le Petite Muette' and Suspicious Controller: Armed Forces and Society in Slovenia; L.Jelusic & M.Malesic A Crisis of Legitimacy?: Armed Forces and Society in Croatia; A.J.Bellamy Legitimacy and the Military Revisited: Civil-Military Relations and the Future of Yugoslavia; J.Gow & I.Zverzanovski PART IV: THE FORMER SOVIET UNION The Army and Society in Ukraine; J.Sherr PART V: CONCLUSION Conclusions: Patterns and Trends in Military-Society Relations in Postcommunist Europe; T.Edmunds, A.Forster & A.Cottey

'[This book] provides well researched analyses of the diverse ways in which the individual countries of the CEE region have evolved new perspectives and norms of military legitimacy during a period of dramatic change...anyone serving in a CEE country or working with staff officers or troops from this region would do well to dip into this volume.' - Peter Williams, The British Army Review