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In South Asia, developing and totalitarian countries alike, the armed forces are powerful political organisations that play key roles in domestic politics. The literature on civilian-military relations provides few comparative examinations of the military's political role. Each chapter traces the historical background of the civil-military relations in the country, identifies and analyzes the processes the military uses to exert political influence, evaluates the ...
Technological and scientific innovation, the rise of mass armies, the advent of total war, and the need to develop effective armed forces in a period of rapid change prompted new approaches in policy and strategy. It is clear that a dialectic in military thinking existed between those who followed what can be thought of as orthodox ideas, based generally on the lessons of preceding wars, and heretics who advocate new policies and strategies. The book's ...
