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Civil-Military Relations in Southeast Asia

Aurel Croissant author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:30th Aug '18

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Explores historical origins, contemporary patterns, and emerging changes in civil-military relations in Southeast Asia.

Reviews the historical origins, contemporary patterns, and emerging changes in civil-military relations in Southeast Asia. It analyzes military roles in state- and nation-building, political domination, revolutions and regime transitions, and military entrepreneurship.Civil-Military Relations in Southeast Asia reviews the historical origins, contemporary patterns, and emerging changes in civil–military relations in Southeast Asia from colonial times until today. It analyzes what types of military organizations emerged in the late colonial period and the impact of colonial legacies and the Japanese occupation in World War II on the formation of national armies and their role in processes of achieving independence. It analyzes the long term trajectories and recent changes of professional, revolutionary, praetorian and neo-patrimonial civil-military relations in the region. Finally, it analyzes military roles in state- and nation-building; political domination; revolutions and regime transitions; and military entrepreneurship.

ISBN: 9781108459099

Dimensions: 230mm x 153mm x 5mm

Weight: 140g

75 pages