Civil-military relations in the Soviet and Yugoslav successor states / edited by Constantine P. Danopoulos and Daniel Zirker ; foreword by Philippe C. Schmitter.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Philippe C. Schmitter -- 1. Introduction / Daniel Zirker -- 2. Servants or Masters? The Military in the "New Russia" / Richard B. Spence -- 3. Adventurers or Commanders? Civil-Military Relations in Georgia Since Independence / Stephen F. Jones -- 4. Starting from Scratch: The Establishment of National Armed Forces in the Republic of Moldova / Walter M. Bacon, Jr. -- 5. Civil-Military Relations in Lithuania / Robert A. Vitas -- 6. The Belarus Military: A Loyal Segment of Society? / Konstantin E. Sorokin -- 7. The Military Forces of the Republic of Armenia / Moorad Mooradian -- 8. Kazakhstan: Military Dimensions of State Formation over Central Asia's Civilizational Fault Lines / Robert V. Barylski -- 9. The Yugoslav Army: Trauma and Transition / Robin Alison Remington -- 10. In Search of Identity: Civil-Military Relations and Nationhood in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) / Zlatko Isakovic and Constantine P. Danopoulos --

11. Civil-Military Relations in Slovenia / Anton Alex Bebler -- 12. Democracy in the "Fog of War": Civil-Military Relations in Croatia / Ozren Zunec -- 13. Civil Society and Civil War in Bosnia / Dimitrios Kyriakou -- 14. Conclusions on Post-Totalitarian Civil-Military Relations / Constantine P. Danopoulos.

From open civil war in Bosnia and Georgia to the Russian president's use of military units against an uncooperative parliament, civil-military conflicts in the former USSR and Yugoslavia are increasingly attracting worldwide attention and concern.