Based on papers discussed at a workshop hosted by the Royal Military Academy, Brussels, in February 2002. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Military as symbol, image and text -- The army as an institutional model / Lev Gudkov -- Media-military relations in post-Soviet Russia: who is the watchdog? / Bettina Renz -- Confronting imperialism: the ambivalence of war in post-Soviet film /David Gillespie -- The political and economic interfaces with the military sphere -- Back to hell: civilian-military 'audience costs' and Russia's wars in Chechnia / Mikhail A. Alexseev -- Military reform and regional politics / Pavel K. Baev -- Society-military relations in Russia: the economic dimension / Julian Cooper -- Citizenship, identity and the challenges of the society-military relationship -- The citizenship dimension of the society-military interface / Stephen L. Webber and Alina Zilberman -- Women, society and the military: women soldiers in post-Soviet Russia / Jennifer G. Mathers -- Saving Russia's sons: the soldiers' mothers and the Russian-Chechen wars / Valerie Zawiliski -- The integration of the Cossacks within the Russian army: political and military implications / Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski -- Conclusion: Military and society in post-Soviet Russia-reflections / Jennifer G. Mathers.
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