ABSTRACT
It is a generally accepted view in the literature on civil-military relations and military sociology that the military is a ‘Janus-faced’ organisation, which analogy indicates that the strategic and societal views are intrinsically antithetical. It is the aim of this book to examine the relationship between the normative values of Western European societies and their military policies. The introduction thus identifies the issue of the ‘Janus-faced’ military policy and explicates the central research question of this book: To what extent and in what ways does the liberal ideology of Western European societies determine their military policies?
