Description
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.
