About the Book
The Military has been a time-honoured function of government and an essential attribute of sovereignty, ever since the emergence of society and civilization. The standards relaling to functions may have varied from age to age and from country to country, but it is indeed the very essence that every state or group, since the earliest days of recorded history, has had an armed force to defend itself. The need for security is the legitimate concern of the state.
In this book an attempt has been made to present a wide perspective of the important and necessary aspects of governance and sovereignty. Seventeen lumanaries, each an expert in his or her field, has brought faith various aspects of military sociology. Taken as a whole, they form an erudite blood canvas of the subject that would be of maximum benefit to scholars, military scientists, defence analysts diplomats, policy makers, and the general reader, who is keen to acquaint himself with the semer details of a subject whose importance in national life has yet to be gained.
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About the Author / Editor
Leena Parmar is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India, and is the first person to have produced a doctoral thesis on Military Sociology. She has been the first Indian to be selected by Germany to study the International Military System, when she was invited by NATO. She has presented research papers at several International seminars/Conferences world-wide.
Her earlier book, Society Culture and Military System, is a pioneering work based on empirical data. She is currently working on a prestigious project on the Kargil Issue—‘Social Profile of War Victims and Valour of the Regiment of Grenadiers.’
