Steven I. Wilkinson explores how India has succeeded in keeping the military out of politics, when so many other countries have failed. He uncovers the command
At Indian independence in 1947, the country’s founders worried that the army India inherited—conservative and dominated by officers and troops drawn disprop
In the last decades, the United States Army has often been involved in missions other than conventional warfare. These include low-intensity conflicts, counteri
Egypt's army portrays itself as a faithful guardian "saving the nation." Yet saving the nation has meant militarizing it. Zeinab Abul-Magd examines both the vis
Since World War II, Japan has become not only a model producer of high-tech consumer goods, but also-despite minimal spending on defense-a leader in innovative