To Sheathe the Sword: Civil-Military Relations in the Quest for Democracy

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This important new volume, sponsored by the Indiana Center on Global Change and World Peace, brings together academicians and practitioners in comparative politics and international relations to examine the impact of civil-military relations on the process of democratization. Contributors take an unprecedented look at current and emerging patterns of linkages between civil-military relations and democratization, especially in areas which have embarked on the path of democratization since the 1980s. They also challenge or refine many of the concepts and models that have figured prominently in discussions of civil-military relations and democratization. These include the notion that democratization requires adoption of the traditional Western model of civil-military relations.

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JOHN P. LOVELL is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Indiana University in Bloomington. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Challenge of American Foreign Policy (1985). DAVID E. ALBRIGHT is Research Associate at the Indiana Center on Global Change and World Peace at Indiana University and former Professor of National Security Affairs at the Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama.