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What Should Armies Do?

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What Should Armies Do? book

Armed Forces and Civil Security

What Should Armies Do?

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What Should Armies Do? book

Armed Forces and Civil Security
ByJohn L. Clarke
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2014
eBook Published 17 February 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315547435
Pages 176 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315547435
SubjectsPolitics & International Relations
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Clarke, J. (2014). What Should Armies Do?. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315547435

Clarke examines the role of North American and European armed forces in support of civil authorities in domestic contingencies. He seeks to answer the question of what roles are - and are not - appropriate for contemporary armed forces in carrying out task and functions within national borders. The book takes as its starting point, two key elements in the North American and European security debate: the decline of both the external threats to most North American and European states and that of budgetary resources available for defense. These twin declines are coupled with a desire on the part of civil leaders to engage the military in more domestic tasks and the desire of senior military leaders to preserve force structure, resulting in a dynamic in which civil leaders will ask their militaries to do more, and military leaders will be more inclined to say yes. As such, this book focuses on the enormous increase in the provision of non-military services and support asked of North American and European military establishments. Looking at the historical context for how North America's and Europe’s armed forces have been employed in the past, this book establishes guidelines for their employment in the future.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|10 pages

Introduction: What Should Armies Do?

chapter 2|13 pages

Armed Forces in Civil Security: The Western Tradition

chapter 3|18 pages

Contemporary Transatlantic Defense Challenges

chapter 4|14 pages

Trends in Modern Military Organizations

chapter 5|20 pages

Key Considerations for Armies in Civil Security

chapter 6|22 pages

Supporting the Civil Authority

chapter 7|8 pages

What’s Next?

chapter 8|15 pages

What’s Best? Force Nominations for Contemporary Security Challenges

chapter 9|19 pages

A Specialized Force for Civil Security?

chapter 10|5 pages

What Armies Should Do?

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