Covers the transition from socialist to democratic political principles in Central Europe. Recounts the political history of four countries--Poland, Hungary, the Czeck Republic, and Slovakia--since  the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact. Seeks to explain why these nations are striving to meet the criteria for inclusion in a NATO enlargement program. L.C. card 96-39236. Item 0378-H-01.

NATO Enlargement and Central Europe: A Study in Civil-Military Relations

Business & Money

Simon, Jeffrey

Education & Reference

National Defense University

Cohesion and Dissension in Eastern Europe: Six Crises

History

World

Praeger

Security Implications Of Nationalism In Eastern Europe

Gilberg, Trond

Europe

Routledge

Since the revolutions of 1989-1990, most Central and Eastern European states have been striving to adhere to Euro-Atlantic institutions; and when NATO developed its own "criteria" for membership, democratic control of the military was considered an essential precondition. Based on firsthand participatory and observational insight, Hungary and NATO: Problems in Civil-Military Relations closely follows Hungary's early work to secure an invitation to join the Alliance in July 1997, preparations for accession in March 1999, and its first four years as a NATO ally. While charting the successes, shortcomings, and continuing challenges faced in its quest to become a full NATO member, Jeffrey Simon presents a comprehensive and original study of civil-military relations in Hungary and simultaneously provides a conceptual framework of civil-military relations that draws upon the lessons of post-communist transition in the entire Central and East European region.

Hungary and NATO: Problems in Civil-Military Relations

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

<p>Since the revolutions of 1989-1990, most Central and Eastern European states have been striving to adhere to Euro-Atlantic institutions; and when NATO developed its own 'criteria' for membership, democratic control of the military was considered an essential precondition. Based on firsthand participatory and observational insight, Hungary and NATO: Problems in Civil-Military Relations closely follows Hungary's early work to secure an invitation to join the Alliance in July 1997, preparations for accession in March 1999, and its first four years as a NATO ally. While charting the successes, shortcomings, and continuing challenges faced in its quest to become a full NATO member, Jeffrey Simon presents a comprehensive and original study of civil-military relations in Hungary and simultaneously provides a conceptual framework of civil-military relations that draws upon the lessons of post-communist transition in the entire Central and East European region.</p>

NATO and the Czech and Slovak Republics: A Comparative Study in Civil-Military Relations

Ever since the revolutions of 1989-1990, most Central and Eastern European states have been striving to adhere to Euro-Atlantic institutions-NATO and the European Union. Written by an "inside" participant/observer, NATO and the Czech and Slovak Republics: A Comparative Study in Civil-Military Relations charts the successes, shortcomings, and continuing challenges faced by the Czech Republic in its quest to receive an invitation to join the NATO alliance in July 1997, in its prepartion for accession in March 1999, and during its first four years as a NATO ally, and by Slovakia in its quest to receive an invitation in November 2002. In addition Jeffrey Simon provides a conceptual framework of civil-military relations that draws upon the lessons of post-Communist transition in the entire Central and East European region. The result is a comprehensive and original study of civil-military relations in two of the most important and interesting transition states of the post-Soviet era.

Ever since the revolutions of 1989-1990, most Central and Eastern European states have been striving to adhere to Euro-Atlantic institutions-NATO and the European Union. Written by an 'inside' participant/observer, NATO and the Czech and Slovak Republics: A Comparative Study in Civil-Military Relations charts the successes, shortcomings, and continuing challenges faced by the Czech Republic in its quest to receive an invitation to join the NATO alliance in July 1997, in its prepartion for accession in March 1999, and during its first four years as a NATO ally, and by Slovakia in its quest to receive an invitation in November 2002. In addition Jeffrey Simon provides a conceptual framework of civil-military relations that draws upon the lessons of post-Communist transition in the entire Central and East European region. The result is a comprehensive and original study of civil-military relations in two of the most important and interesting transition states of the post-Soviet era.

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Poland and NATO: A Study in Civil-Military Relations

Ever since the revolutions of 1989-1990, most Central and Eastern European states have been striving to move closer to NATO's "criteria" for membership. A critical element of Partnership for Peace (PFP) in January 1994 and its Study on NATO Enlargement in September 1995 was democratic control of the military―considered an essential pre-condition for NATO membership. Based upon years of "inside" experience, Jeffrey Simon's book is a comprehensive and original study of civil-military relations in Poland that provides a conceptual framework drawn upon the lessons of post-communist transition in the entire Central and East European region. Poland and NATO: A Study in Civil-Military Relations is the author's third book to examine the difficult challenges facing Eastern European counties on the fast track to joining Euro-Atlantic institutions.

Military

<p>Ever since the revolutions of 1989-1990, most Central and Eastern European states have been striving to move closer to NATO's 'criteria' for membership. A critical element of Partnership for Peace (PFP) in January 1994 and its Study on NATO Enlargement in September 1995 was democratic control of the military―considered an essential pre-condition for NATO membership. Based upon years of 'inside' experience, Jeffrey Simon's book is a comprehensive and original study of civil-military relations in Poland that provides a conceptual framework drawn upon the lessons of post-communist transition in the entire Central and East European region. Poland and NATO: A Study in Civil-Military Relations is the author's third book to examine the difficult challenges facing Eastern European counties on the fast track to joining Euro-Atlantic institutions.</p>

This book examines the problems which the Soviets have had in maintaining command and control of non-Soviet Warsaw Pact forces and in coordinating Warsaw Pact policy.

Warsaw Pact Forces: Problems of Command and Control (Westview Special Studies in Military Affairs)

Westview Press

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NATO Enlargement and Central Europe: A Study in Civil-Military Relations

Cohesion and Dissension in Eastern Europe: Six Crises

Security Implications Of Nationalism In Eastern Europe

Hungary and NATO: Problems in Civil-Military Relations

Hungary and NATO: Problems in Civil-Military Relations

NATO and the Czech and Slovak Republics: A Comparative Study in Civil-Military Relations

NATO and the Czech and Slovak Republics: A Comparative Study in Civil-Military Relations

Poland and NATO: A Study in Civil-Military Relations

Poland and NATO: A Study in Civil-Military Relations

Warsaw Pact Forces: Problems of Command and Control (Westview Special Studies in Military Affairs)