Rethinking Military Professionalism for the Changing Armed Forces

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
Military Professionalism

Military Professionalism and Professional Militarism in Brazil, 1870–1970: Historical Perspectives and Political Implications

1972 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick M. Nunn
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Ballistic Missile ◽  
Spanish American ◽  
Historical Perspectives ◽  
American States ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Military Professionalism

Since 1964 Brazil has been governed by successive regimes dominated by the armed forces and presided over by army generals. The men in charge of Brazil's destiny are professional officers, and like their counterparts in the neighboring Spanish American states they conceive of their governance as an obligation as much as a privilege, if not more. The professional officer in Latin America today is as far removed from his nineteenth century counterpart as ballistic missile systems are from the ballista.

The Late Profession of Arms: Ambiguous Goals and Deteriorating Means in Britain

1965 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Abrams
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
British Society ◽  
Internal Conflicts ◽  
Conflicting Goals ◽  
Military Professionalism

These three statements distil the dilemma of the armed forces in Britain—a dilemma compounded of obscure and conflicting goals, a pervasive anxiety as to the nature and viability of military professionalism and internal conflicts and misunderstandings which themselves symbolise a deeper alienation from contemporary British society.

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