Constantine P. Danopoulos teaches Political Science at San José State University and Santa Clara University. A native of Greece, he received his B.A. and M.A. in Political Science from San José State University and his Ph.D., also in Political Science, from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has written extensively on the subject of civil-military relations. His publications include: Warriors and Politicians in Modern Greece (1984) and many articles in journals such as Political Science Quarterly; Armed Forces and Society; the Journal of Political and Military Sociology, West European Politics, and Public Administration and Development. He is presently associate editor of the Journal of Political and Military Sociology.

• Acknowledgments -- About the Editor and Contributors -- 1 Military Dictatorships in Retreat: Problems and Perspectives /Constantine P. Danopoulos -- 2 Obstacles to Disengagement and Democratization: Military Regimes in Benin and Burkina Faso /Claude E. Welch, Jr. -- 3 After the Coup: South Korea Creates a New Political Order /C.I. Eugene Kim -- 4 Polish Soldiers in Politics: The Party in Uniform? /Robin Alison Remington -- 5 Contemporary Civil-Military Relations Theory and De-Intervention: The Case of Panama /David Lewis Feldman -- 6 The Politics of Disengagement in Turkey: The Kemalist Tradition /James Brown -- 7 Back to the Barracks: The Brazilian Military's Style /Edmundo Campos Coelho -- 8 A Postmortem of the Institutional Military Regime in Peru /Carlos A. Astiz -- 9 Withdrawal in Disgrace: Decline of the Argentine Military, 1976-1983 /Dennis R. Gordon -- 10 Beating a Hasty Retreat: The Greek Military Withdraws from Power /Constantine P. Danopoulos -- 11 Withdrawal and After: A One-Way Street or a Revolving Door? /Constantine P. Danopoulos -- Index.

Constantine P. Danopoulos teaches Political Science at San José State University and Santa Clara University. A native of Greece, he received his B.A. and M.A. in Political Science from San José State University and his Ph.D., also in Political Science, from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has written extensively on the subject of civil-military relations. His publications include: Warriors and Politicians in Modern Greece (1984) and many articles in journals such as Political Science Quarterly; Armed Forces and Society; the Journal of Political and Military Sociology, West European Politics, and Public Administration and Development. He is presently associate editor of the Journal of Political and Military Sociology.

• Acknowledgments -- About the Editor and Contributors -- 1 Military Dictatorships in Retreat: Problems and Perspectives /Constantine P. Danopoulos -- 2 Obstacles to Disengagement and Democratization: Military Regimes in Benin and Burkina Faso /Claude E. Welch, Jr. -- 3 After the Coup: South Korea Creates a New Political Order /C.I. Eugene Kim -- 4 Polish Soldiers in Politics: The Party in Uniform? /Robin Alison Remington -- 5 Contemporary Civil-Military Relations Theory and De-Intervention: The Case of Panama /David Lewis Feldman -- 6 The Politics of Disengagement in Turkey: The Kemalist Tradition /James Brown -- 7 Back to the Barracks: The Brazilian Military's Style /Edmundo Campos Coelho -- 8 A Postmortem of the Institutional Military Regime in Peru /Carlos A. Astiz -- 9 Withdrawal in Disgrace: Decline of the Argentine Military, 1976-1983 /Dennis R. Gordon -- 10 Beating a Hasty Retreat: The Greek Military Withdraws from Power /Constantine P. Danopoulos -- 11 Withdrawal and After: A One-Way Street or a Revolving Door? /Constantine P. Danopoulos -- Index.