David J. Betz, Civil-Military Relations in Russia and Eastern Europe, RoutledgeCurzon Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series 2, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004. ix + 203 pages.

This meticulously-researched and well-written book provides a wealth of detailed information and analysis about the development of civil-military relations during the 1990s in four post-Communist countries: Poland, Hungary, Russia and Ukraine. David Betz is interested primarily at the civilian side of the civil-military relationship, and throughout the book he poses questions (and suggests answers) about the nature and extent of civilian control of the armed forces and the reasons why civil-m...