TY  - BOOK
AU  - ION A Hamish
AU  - NEILSON Keith (joint editors)
TI  - Elite military formations in war and peace
SN  - 0275946401 (hbk.)
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Westport, Conn
PB  - Praeger
KW  - ELITE
KW  -  MILITARY
KW  - WAR
KW  -  HISTORY
N2  - This book is to investigate the phenomenon over time and across cultures.  As conventional military establishments are being reduced for a variety of reasons.  It provides an overview of elites military history, the idea of a military elite.  It is enough to set the alarm bells ringing in sensitive democratic souls military.  The last chapter investigates German army elites in world wars I and II
ER  -