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Military Legitimacy

We were hoping for peace - no good came of it! For the time of healing - nothing but terror! Jeremiah 8:15

Military legitimacy is a derivative of political legitimacy, which has been defined as the willing acceptance of the right of a government to govern or of a group or agency to make and enforce decisions...

[and] is the central concern of all parties involved in a conflict.1 The willing acceptance required to establish the legitimacy of military operations and activities must come from a nation's people. Public support represents that acceptance; and in a democracy public support is both a requirement and measure of military legitimacy.

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, public attitudes and expectations for the military have changed, and with them the requirements of military legitimacy. Civil-military relations are more important than ever in the new strategic environment. New doctrine on operations other than war recognizes the priority of legitimacy and civil-military relations in addressing threats at home and abroad.

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Source: Barnes Rudolph C.. Military Legitimacy: Might and Right in the New Millennium.Frank Cass,1996. — 198 p.. 1996
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