ALEX J. BELLAMY Lecturer, School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, AustraliaLAURA CLEARY Senior Lecturer, Department of Defence Management and Security Analysis, Cranfield University, UKPÁL DUNAY Director of the International Training Course in Security Policy, Geneva Centre for Security PolicyJAMES GOW Professor of International Peace and Security, Department of War Studies, King's College London, UKLJUBICA JELUSIC Head of Defence Studies, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaANDRIUS KRIVAS NATO Integration Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of LithuaniaPAUL LATAWSKI Senior Lecturer, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, UKMARJAN MALESIC Head of the Defence Research Centre, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaJAMES SHERR Fellow, Conflict Studies Research Centre, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, UKJAN ARVEDS TRAPANS Senior Fellow, Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed ForcesMARYBETH PETERSON ULRICH Associate Professor of Government, Department of National Security and Strategy, US Army War CollegeLARRY L. WATTS Security Sector Reform Consultant, Office of the Romanian PresidencyMARIE VLACHOVÁ Senior Fellow, Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed ForcesIVAN ZVERZANOVSKI Research Student, Department of War Studies, King's College London, UK

'[This book] provides well researched analyses of the diverse ways in which the individual countries of the CEE region have evolved new perspectives and norms of military legitimacy during a period of dramatic change...anyone serving in a CEE country or working with staff officers or troops from this region would do well to dip into this volume.' - Peter Williams, The British Army Review

• Preface Notes on Contributors Armed Forces and Society in Postcommunist Europe: A Framework for Analysis; T.Edmunds, A. Forster & A.Cottey PART I: CENTRAL EUROPE The Polish Armed Forces and Society; P.Latawski The Integration of the Czech Armed Forces into Society; M.Vlachová Armed Forces and Society in Slovakia; M.Peterson Ulrich The Armed Forces in Hungarian Society: Finding a Role?; P.Dunay PART II: THE BALTIC STATES The Armed Forces and Society in Latvia: A Decade of Development; J.Arveds Trapans Armed Forces and Society in Lithuania; A.Krivas PART III: SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE Ahead of the Curve: The Military-Society Relationship in Romania; L.L.Watts Still the People's Army? Armed Forces and Society in Bulgaria; L.Cleary 'Le Petite Muette' and Suspicious Controller: Armed Forces and Society in Slovenia; L.Jelusic & M.Malesic A Crisis of Legitimacy?: Armed Forces and Society in Croatia; A.J.Bellamy Legitimacy and the Military Revisited: Civil-Military Relations and the Future of Yugoslavia; J.Gow & I.Zverzanovski PART IV: THE FORMER SOVIET UNION The Army and Society in Ukraine; J.Sherr PART V: CONCLUSION Conclusions: Patterns and Trends in Military-Society Relations in Postcommunist Europe; T.Edmunds, A.Forster & A.Cottey