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Military Legitimacy - Might and Right in the New Millennium (Hardcover)
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Military Legitimacy - Might and Right in the New Millennium (Hardcover)
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Military legitimacy concerns the delicate balance between might and
right. It begins with the law - operational law (OPLAW) and the law
of war (LAW) - but it goes beyond the law to its moral
underpinnings. Moral and cultural standards in the area of
operations must be respected to ensure legitimacy. Personal and
national values provide the framework for military decision making.
The potential conflict between civilian and military perceptions of
these values represents a continuing threat to military legitimacy
because, in a democracy, public support is both a requirement and a
measure of such legitimacy. This book provides an overview of the
concept of legitimacy as it applies to military operations,
especially in peacetime. It is argued that legitimacy was hardly an
issue during the Cold War as it was defined in terms of combatting
the Soviet threat. With the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and
diminishing defence resources, there must be a new under-standing
of military legitimacy and its relationship to new strategies. The
diplomat-warrior personifies legitimacy in peacetime and is an
effective means of filling the gap between the limits of diplomacy
and conventional military operations.
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