Some Historical Notes

Abolish the army? The ideal of democracy and the transformation of the Czechoslovak military after 1918 and 1989

“…This is the source of its organisational strength, which exists in order to fulfil physically and psychologically demanding tasks, but which can be dangerous when it gets out of control. 52 Both army transformations thus defined themselves against the logic of the military world, which in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire as well as in Communist Czechoslovakia held organisational interests in higher regard than enlightened ideals of humanity or, later, human rights.…”

Introduction to the Research Handbook on Civil–Military Relations

“…The study of CMR is also vital because of the military's links to society (Janowitz, 1960). Consequently, both military sociologists and political scientists have long been interested in the relationship between societies and their military institutions and their respective impact on militaries and their parent societies (Caforio and Hong, 2018). Soldiers are, after all, also members of their society, and as citizens they are subject to most of the laws that govern the behavior of everyone else.…”