Theoretical postulations of civilian-military relations

Abstract

Although the research of civilian-military relations and the democratic control of the military can proceed from Plato's Republic written almost two thousand and five hundred years ago, and from the famous dilemma 'who guards the guards' and Juvenal's question sed quis custoditet ispos custodes - the first theoretical fundamentals for their study were set during the period of the Cold War. Namely, the starting points of studying the contemporary civilian-military relations are considered to be two works: Samuel Huntington's Soldier and State (1957) and Morris Janovitz's Professional Soldier (1960). The afore mentioned volumes are considered as classical theories of civilian-military relations. Apart from the classical theories of civilian-military relations, one can discuss today also many so-called post Cold War theories of civilian-military relations.

Iako u istraživanju civilno-vojnih odnosa i demokratske kontrole vojske može da se pođe od Platonove Republike napisane pre gotovo dve i po hiljade godina, i čuvene dileme 'ko čuva čuvare' i Juvenalovog pitanja sed quis custoditet ispos custodes - prve teoretske osnove za njihovo izučavanje date su u periodu Hladnog rata. Naime, kao polazne osnove u izučavanju savremenih civilno-vojnih odnosa uzimaju se dva dela: Vojnik i država Semjuela Hantingtona (1957) i Profesionalni vojnik Morisa Janovica (1960). Pomenuti radovi smatraju se klasičnim teorijama civilno-vojnih odnosa. Pored klasičnih teorija o civilno-vojnim odnosima da- nas može da se govori i o mnogobrojnim tzv. posthladnoratovskim teorijama civilno-vojnih odnosa.