Military and Society Ser.: Civil-Military Relations by Peter Karsten (1998, ...

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Civil-Military RelationsAuthor(s): Peter Karsten\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780815329787, 978-0815329787\nSynopsis\nThese five volumes concern one of the most important institutions in human history, the military, and the interactions of that institution with the greater society. Military systems serve nations; they may also reflect them. Soldiers are enlisted; they may also be said to self-select. Military units have missions; they also have interests. In an older, more traditional military history, while the second reflects a newer approach. Although each statement in the pairs may be said to be true, the former speak from the framework of the military sciences; the latter, from the framework of the social and behavioral sciences. \nThe military systems of our past differ from one another over time, in political origins, size, missions, and technological and tactical fashions, but to a great extent their hist.