Martin Shaw: Post-Military Society

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>Despite the Gulf War and other regional wars, militarism is in decisive retreat<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877229407&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="946_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>Post-Military Society</h1> <H2>Militarism, Demilitarization and War at the End of the Twentieth Century</H2> <h3>Martin Shaw</h3> <P>cloth 0-87722-940-6 $65.50, Dec 91, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Stock Unavailable</FONT> <br>paper 0-87722-941-4 $26.95, Dec 91, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Stock Unavailable</FONT> <BR> 240 pp 6x9 </P><p>With the collapse of the Cold War following the Eastern European revolutions and the ongoing democratization of the Soviet republics, optimism about peace has transformed the international political climate. Incidents such as the Gulf War, however, have tempered this optimism and cast doubts on the prospects for demilitarization. In this book, Martin Shaw examines some of the developments that lie behind the recent momentous changes and argues that, despite the Gulf War and other regional wars, militarism is in decisive retreat. <p>Writing from a broadly sociological perspective, Shaw examines the roles of war and military institutions in human society and the ways in which preoccupation with war has affected domestic, regional, and international politics in the twentieth century. In doing so, he asks: When does the post-war era end? How have nuclear weapons altered the perception of war by society? What is the relationship between industrialism and militarism? <p>The author contends that, despite the militarism of some Third World countries, societies in the advanced industrial world (especially in Europe) have been undergoing a profound demilitarization. These societies have become politically insulated from war preparation, have recognized the effect of social movements on inter-state relations, and are experiencing a "revolution of rising expectations." <p>Offering evidence of "post-military citizenship," Shaw describes the increasing resistance to military conscription throughout the Western world, the replacement of blind obedience with demand for accountability in Eastern bloc countries, and the simultaneous rise of nationalism and communitarianism among common market members. And, in light of the collapse of Stalinist militarism in Europe and the USSR, Shaw suggests some of the changes that face Soviet society. <BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P> <p>Preface <br>Acknowledgements <p>1. Militarism and Militarization <br><I>Disciplinary Approaches &#149 Definitions &#149 War and Industrial Society &#149 Total War and Classical Militarism &#149 Theory and the End of the Cold War</I> <p>2. Contests of Military Power <br><I>The State System &#149 International Relations and World Economy &#149 The 'World Military Order' &#149 Politics of Military Power &#149 Military Power as a Means of War</I> <p>3. Post-Military Society <br><I>Variants of the 'Militarization' Thesis &#149 Sociological Alternatives &#149 Conscription in Europe &#149 Limits of Third World Militarism</I> <p>4. Militarism in Post-Military Society <br><I>Comparative Issues in Western Societies &#149 Militarism and National Myths &#149 Nostalgia Militarism and Media Wars &#149 The Military in Post-Military Society &#149 Post-Militarism in Europe</I> <p>5. Post-Military Citizenship <br><I>Demilitarization in Europe &#149 Conscription and Citizenship &#149 The Nation-State and Post-Military Society &#149 A New World Order? &#149 The Two Faces of Post-Military Society</I> <p>6. Postscript: The Gulf War and Post-Military Society <br><I>Violence and Post-Military Society &#149 Post-Military Societies at War &#149 War and Militarism after the Gulf</I> <p>Index </P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <P><b>Martin Shaw</b> is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Hull University, U.K., and Director of the Centre for Security Studies. He is the author of <I>Dialectics of War: An Essay on the Social Theory of War and Peace</I>.</P> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/sociology.html" TARGET="_top">Sociology</a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877229407&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2015 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. 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