Mapping Evolving Internal Roles of the Armed Forces

by Albrecht Schnabel and Marc Krupanski

It is widely assumed, at least from a Western perspective, that the armed forces provide national defence against external threats. In reality, within many consolidated Western democracies the armed forces are assuming an increasingly wide range of internal roles and tasks. These can include domestic security roles and the provision of humanitarian assistance in situations of natural or humanitarian catastrophe, often under the command and control...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1013292472
• ISBN13: 9781013292477
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"