Analyses of military rule in developing countries involved discussion of armed forces as institutions. In turn, this meant looking at the recruitment, social composition, organization and functioning of militaries. It involved, also, seeing whether it made any difference for social, political and economic outcomes if militaries ruled.

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Preface --The background to contemporary study of militaries and modernization / Henry Bienen -- Armed force organizations / Marion J. Levy, Jr. -- Political development and military intervention in Latin America / Martin C. Needler -- The military and political change in Asia / John P. Lovell and C.I. Eugene Kim -- Swords and ploughshares : the Turkish Army as a modernizing force / Daniel Lerner and Richard D. Robinson -- The Army, politics, and the people / A. Iskenderov -- Political development and political decay / Samuel P. Huntington -- The African military and political development / Claude E. Welch, Jr.