Soldiers as Statesmen (Routledge Library Editions: Security and Society) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367569906 ISBN 13: 9780367569907

Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

‘The Duke is a soldier – a bad education for a statesmen in a free country’. Sir Walter Scott’s fear of the political soldier has long been part of Western political life. Yet although many countries would have preferred to keep the military out of politics few have been successful.

Originally published in 1976, this book examines the careers of five distinguished twentieth century soldiers and assesses their contribution as statesmen. Hindenburg, Byng, Franco, Eisenhower and De Gaulle all came into political life in different circumstances, but none did so in the name of the profession or to establish a praetorian state. Each was a professional soldier who found himself drawn into the political arena. Each of these essays illuminates one aspect of the range of political, sociological and historical issues which now surround the interrelationship of civil and military. At a time when the tensions of democracy, both internally and externally, impose increasing pressure on the role of the military in society it is important to study the history of soldiers-as-statesmen.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367569906
• ISBN 13: 9780367569907
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 186
• Editor: Dennis Peter, Preston Adrian