NATO and the Czech and Slovak Republics : a comparative study in civil-military relations / Jeffrey Simon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simon, Jeffrey, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Military policy.

Czech Republic--Politics and government--1993-.

Czech Republic.

Politics and government.

Slovakia--Politics and government--1993-.

Slovakia.

Czech Republic--Military policy.

Slovakia--Military policy.

Physical Description:

xviii, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Other Title:

NATO and the Czech & Slovak Republics

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2004]

Summary:

This is the second of three books by Jeffrey Simon on emerging post-communist countries to recently join NATO. As with the previous volume (Hungary), this book represents a tremendous amount of first hand research grounded in primary source material and personal interviews with key civil and military leaders.

Contents:

Czechoslovakia. Revolution and democratic control of the military ; Hastily concluded defense reform ; Czechoslovakia's velvet divorce

Czech Republic. Establishing the legal basis for democratic oversight ; A new defense minister, Vilem Holan ; 1996 parliamentary elections, Miloslav Vyborny takes charge ; Klaus's demise and the rise of Josef Tosovsky ; June 1998 parliamentary elections ; Vetchy's demise and Tvrdik's accession ; 2002 elections return Social Democrats and Tvrdik

Slovakia. The first Meciar government (January 1993-March 1994) ; The Moravcik government (March-December 1994) ; Meciar's return (December 1994-November 1998) ; A political year, 1998 ; The Mikulas Dzurinda government (October 1998) ; Jozef Stank's defense reform ; 2002 elections

Coming full circle. NATO and civil-military relations ; Coming full circle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-300) and index.

ISBN:

0742529029

0742529037

OCLC:

52079748