Introduction: democracy and the military in comparative perspective / R.J. May, Stephanie Lawson, and Viberto Selochan -- Military and democracy in Indonesia / Michael R.J. Vatikiotis -- Military and democracy in Thailand / Suchit Bunbongkarn -- Military and the fragile democracy of the Philippines / Viberto Selochan -- Burma's struggle for democracy: the army against the people / Josef Silverstein -- Pakistan: civil-military relations in a praetorian state / Hasan Askari Rizvi -- Military and democracy in Bangladesh / Emajuddin Ahamed -- Patterns of military rule and prospects for democracy in South Korea / Yung Myung Kim -- Military versus democracy in Fiji: problems for contemporary political development / Stephanie Lawson -- Government and the military in Papua New Guinea / R.J. May.
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