NATO and the Czech and Slovak Republics
Subtitle: a comparative study in civil-military relations
By: Jeffrey Simon.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: North Atlantic Treaty Organization.; Czech Republic -- Politics and government -- 1993-; Slovakia -- Politics and government -- 1993-; Czech Republic -- Military policy.; Slovakia -- Military policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-300) and index.
Table of contents: title: Revolution and democratic control of the military; title: Hastily concluded defense reform; title: Czechoslovakia's velvet divorce; title: Establishing the legal basis for democratic oversight; title: A new defense minister, Vilem Holan; title: 1996 parliamentary elections, Miloslav Vyborny takes charge; title: Klaus's demise and the rise of Josef Tosovsky; title: June 1998 parliamentary elections; title: Vetchy's demise and Tvrdik's accession; title: 2002 elections return Social Democrats and Tvrdik; title: Conclusion, Czech Republic; title: The first Meciar government (January 1993-March 1994); title: The Moravcik government (March-December 1994); title: Meciar's return (December 1994-November 1998); title: A political year, 1998; title: The Mikulas Dzurinda government (October 1998); title: Jozef Stank's defense reform; title: September 2002 parliamentary elections; title: Conclusion, Slovak Republic; title: NATO and civil-military relations; title: Coming full circle.