Democratic control of the military in postcommunist Europe : guarding the guards / edited by Andrew Cottey, Timothy Edmunds, Anthony Forster.

"The chapters in this book were first presented at a Conference on 'Democratic Control of Armed Forces in Central and Eastern Europe: Civil-Military Relations and Defence Planning in the New Era', held in Kyiv, in March 2000"--P. ix.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the challenge of democratic control of armed forces in postcommunist Europe / Andrew Cottey, Timothy Edmunds, Anthony Forster -- Democratic control of armed forces in postcommunist Poland : the interplay of history, political society and institutional reform / Paul Latawski -- Democratic control of armed forces in the Czech Republic : a journey from social isolation / Marie Vlachová, Štefan Sarvaš -- Civil-military relations in Hungary : no big deal / Pál Dunay -- Democratic control of armed forces in Latvia / Ilmars Viksne -- The challenges of civil-military relations and democratic control of armed forces : the case of Lithuania / Vaidotas Urbelis, Tomas Urbonas -- Defence planning in emerging democracies : the case of Romania / Ioan Mircea Pascu -- The changing nature of civil-military relations in post-totalitarian Bulgaria / Plamen Pantev -- Democratic control of armed forces in Slovenia / Anton Bebler -- 'Like drunken geese in the fog' : developing democratic control of armed forces in Croatia / Alex J. Bellamy -- The European exception : civil-military relations in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) / James Gow -- The evolution of civil-military relations in Russia / Irina Isakova -- The development of civil-military relations in post-Soviet Ukraine / Grigoriy Perepelitsa -- Soldiers, politics and defence in postcommunist Europe / Andrew Cottey, Timothy Edmunds, Anthony Forster.