This book examines the ways in which European democracies, including former communist states, are dealing with the new demands placed on their security policies since the cold war by transforming their military structures, and the effects this is having on the conceptualisation of soldiering.

Sabine Mannitz is Senior Researcher and Project Director at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. She has a PhD from the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder).

Part I: Introduction 1. Conceptualizations of the Democratic Soldier in 21st-Century Europe: Competing Norms and Practical Tensions Sabine Mannitz Part II: Case studies on Traditional Democracies 2. The Swiss Citizen-Soldier: A Contested Tradition Sabine Mannitz 3. The Ideal Type of the Democratic Soldier in Britain Marco Fey Part III: Case studies on Consolidated Post-Authoritarian Democracies 4. The German Bundeswehr Soldier between Constitutional Settings and Current Tasks Julika Bake and Berthold Meyer 5. The Image of the Spanish Soldier after the Transition to Democracy Eduardo Arranz Bueso and José Garcia Caneiro Part IV: Case studies on Post-Socialist Democracies 6. Model and Reality of the Democratic Soldier in the Czech Republic Zdenek Kríz 7. The Ongoing Transformation of the Estonian Defence Forces Leonid A. Karabeshkin 8. The Democratic Soldier in Hungary András Rácz and Erzsébet N. Rózsa 9. The Lithuanian Reform of the Armed Forces after Independence Grazina Miniotaite 10. The Polish Soldier between National Traditions and International Projection Maria Wagrowska 11. Democratic Soldiering in Romania: From Norms through Policy to Reality Marian Zulean 12. State Building and Images of the Democratic Soldier in Serbia Filip Ejdus 13. The Ukrainian Model of the Democratic Soldier Sergiy Gerasymchuk Part V: Conclusions 14. Transformation Stress: Democratic Soldiers between Ideals and Mission Impossible Harald Müller