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about brookings The Brookings Institution is a private nonprofit organization devoted to research, education, and publication on important issues of domestic and foreign policy. Its principal purpose is to bring the highest quality independent research and analysis to bear on current and emerging policy problems. Interpretations or conclusions in Brookings publications should be understood to be solely those of the authors. Copyright © 2013 Council for a Community of Democracies 1801 F Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the Brookings Institution Press, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in news articles, critical articles, or reviews. Military Engagement: Influencing Armed Forces Worldwide to Support Democratic Transitions, vols. 1 and 2, may be ordered from Brookings Institution Press, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 www.brookings.edu/press Telephone: 1-800/537-5487 or 410/516-6956 e-mail: hfscustserv@press.jhu.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data Blair, Dennis C. Military engagement : influencing armed forces to support democratic transitions / Dennis Blair. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8157-2478-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Armed Forces—Civic action. 2. Armed Forces—Political activity. 3. Democracy. 4. Civil-military relations. 5. Military relations. 6. Politics and war. 7. World politics—21st century. I. Council for a Community of Democracies. II. Title. UH720.B53 2013 322'.5—dc23 2013001646 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed on acid-free paper Typeset in Sabon and Ocean Sans Composition by Cynthia Stock Silver Spring, Maryland Printed by R. R. Donnelley Harrisonburg, Virginia 00-2478-0 fm.indd 4 5/16/13 6:02 PM ...

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