This new edition of the volume is presented on the wave of the success which had its first
edition (2003). It is entirely updated to the current situation of the disciplines covered and
expanded with particular regard to the new missions that have become the main challenge for
the armed forces in these first decades of the new millennium with new insights to
technological development toward so-called cyborg warriors new forms of leadership and changes
in soldier's identity and organisational culture. It is compiled of documents coming from
various researchers at universities around the world as well as military officers devoted to
the sector of study. Covered in this volume is a historical excursus of studies prior to
contemporary research interpretive models and theoretical approaches developed specifically
for this topic civic-military relations including issues surrounding democratic control of the
armed forces military culture professional training conditions and problems of minorities in
the armed forces an examination of the structural change within the military over the years
including new duties and functions following the Cold War.
