The Soldier and the Changing State

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The Soldier and the Changing State is written by Zoltan D. Barany and published by Princeton University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0691137692 (ISBN 10) and 9780691137698 (ISBN 13).

Looking at how armies supportive of democracy are built, this title argues that the military is the important institution that states maintain, for without military elites who support democratic governance, democracy cannot be consolidated. It demonstrates that building democratic armies is the quintessential task of democratizing regimes.