Security and the Military Between Reality and Perception (Militar Und Sozialwissenschaften, 46) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 383297055X ISBN 13: 9783832970550

Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh & Co, 2011

Synopsis

This anthology is a result of research activities carried out by the European Research Group on Military and Society. The book explores the attitudes of the public and the mass media toward international peacekeeping, crisis management, and humanitarian operations and missions. Further, it considers several salient issues regarding the question of "casualty tolerance" in contemporary societies: 1) the image and the missions of the armed forces; 2) the public's perceptions of the relationship between political and military systems; and 3) an explanation for the apparent contradiction between a relatively high level of public confidence in the military on one hand, and a relatively high level of indifference expressed by the same public on the other hand. Lastly, the book examines the mass media coverage of wars and explores the role of the media in the political sphere, especially in the question of civilian democratic control of the armed forces. (Series: Militar und Sozialwissenschaften [Military and Social Sciences] - Vol. 46)

Edition details

• Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh & Co
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 383297055X
• ISBN 13: 9783832970550
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 221
• Editor: Malesic Marjan, Kummel Gerhard