The Soldier and the Changing State is the first book to systematically explore, on a global scale, civil-military relations in democratizing and changing states

World war II: the alchemy of power; Civil-military relations in the postwar decade; The political roles of the Joints Chiefs; The separation of power and the co

politics, and national security policy.--John R. Ballard "On Point"

An exploration of military responses to revolutions and how to predict such reactions in the future We know that a revolution's success largely depends on the a