Repression, armed conflicts, interstate wars, the international arms trade, military regimes, and increasing worldwide military expenditures are all indications of one particularly significant development in world politics: global militarization. In this volume, an international group of scholars describe, explain, and evaluate the roots of this de
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Also of Interest -- Preface -- The State of the Art -- Military Formations and Social Formations: A Structural Analysis -- Global Militarization: Crucial Trends and Links -- Global Conflict Formations: Present Developments and Future Directions -- War and the Power of Warmakers in Western Europe and Elsewhere, 1600-1980 -- The Urban Type of Society and International War -- Local Experiences: Historical Dimensions -- Militarization in Thai Society -- Militarization and Political Institutions in Chile -- The Ghanaian Experiments with Military Rule -- The Search for Alternatives -- Defense Without Threat: Switzerland's Security Policy -- Conflict and Restraint: Poland, 1980-1982 -- Incompatibility, Militarization, and Conflict Resolution
