Review: Military Affairs: The Soldier in Modern Society
| Author | R.B. Byers |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070207402900420 |
| Published date | 01 December 1974 |
| Date | 01 December 1974 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
REVIEWS/MILITARY
AFFAIRS
667
generally
operate
within
the bounds
of
what
they
think
these
states
will
tolerate.
At
certain
points
in their
conclusion
Cox
and
Jacobson
stress
the
difference between
those
organizations
that
are
dominated
by
their
member
governments
and
important
interest
groups
('the
representational
subsystems')
and
those
that
are
dominated
by
the
con-
ference
participants
('the
participant
subsystem');
but
in
the light
of
their
observations
about
the
fact
that
representatives are
instructed
and
that
the
most
powerful
states
set
the
parameters
within
which
all
specific
decisions are
made,
the
point
seems
to
lose a
great
deal
of
force.
Despite
this
and
some
other minor
reservations
which this reader has
about
the
volume,
it
is
an
important
book
which
will influence
future
studies
in
the
field.
Mark
W.
Zacher/University
of
British
Columbia
MILITARY AFFAIRS
THE
SOLDIER
IN
MODERN
SOCIETY
Lieutenant-Colonel
J.C.M.
Baynes
London:
Eyre
Methuen
[Toronto:
Methuen],
1972,
X,
227pP,
$15.95
The
author,
a
Sandhurst
career
soldier in the
British
army
with
an
M.SC.,
was
on
a
1968-9
Ministry
of Defence
Fellowship
at
Edinburgh
University
during
the
time
he
researched
and
wrote
The
Soldier
in
Modern
Society.
The
title
is
partially
misleading
as
the
text
is
not
comparative
in
scope,
nor
does
it
deal
with
the
policy process
or
focus
more generally
on
civil-military
relations.
Colonel
Baynes
is
primarily
interested
in
how
the
British
army
will
cope
with
the
problems
of
recruitment
and manning
in
the
foreseeable
future.
Thus
the
major
purpose
is
to
articulate
proposals
which
will
ensure
that 'better
and
more
imaginative
use
is
made
of
the
talents
of
the
men
and
women
in
the
British
Army
today'
(p
6).
In
making
his
case
the
nature,
roles,
and
forms
of
the
army
are
assessed,
with
specific
emphasis
on conditions
of
service,
career
opportunites,
manpower
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