This book, first published in 1985, is the first full-length study of the Soviet Armed Forces as a
social institution. Using military manpower as a substantive focus, it identifies those …

This book, first published in 1981, is a comprehensive examination of the main theoretical,
methodological and empirical approaches to the study of the military in modernising political …

This up-to-date analysis of the development and organization of the Soviet Armed Forces
provides a profound insight into the military thinking that has determined the course of Soviet …

The Soviet Military Experience is the first general work to place the Soviet army into its true
social, political and international contexts. It focuses on the Bolshevik Party's intention to …

One of the largest and most feared military forces in the world, the Red Army was a key
player in advancing the cause of Soviet socialism. Rising out of revolutionary-era citizen …

What is the relationship between civilians (“people without arms”), the society at large, and
the military (“people with arms”) established as a separate armed body in order to protect a …

If Russia is to become a viable democracy, it will need a viable state to make and enforce
decisions that nurture societal cohesion and sustain complex economic activity. Armed …

Military support for democratically elected governments in the states emerging from
communism in eastern Europe and elsewhere is critically important to the survival of the new …

One of the first efforts at international exploration of the comparative sociology of military
institutions took place at a Conference on Armed Forces and Society in Western Europe in …

In contending that military professionalism constitutes a guarantee of efficiency and has a
zero-sum relationship with political control, Kolkowicz embraces an assumption that already …