A Question of Loyalty: Military Manpower Policy in Multiethnic States

Alon Peled

Published by Cornell University Press 1998

A Question of Loyalty

Military Manpower Policy in Multiethnic States

Alon Peled

In the series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501737466

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States that use military conscription and whose ethnic minorities have relatives in hostile countries face a'Trojan horse'dilemma: the state demands military service but mistrusts the loyalty of subjugated community members. Some armies brutalize ethnic recruits; others simply reject them. Alon Peled compares the experiences of Malay-Muslim soldiers in Singapore, Arabs in Israel, and blacks in South Africa. Drawing on his interviews with senior officers and policymakers, he examines the histories of these armies and their levels of ethnic integration. He also suggests how minority soldiers can be gradually recruited, integrated, and promoted.

Ethnic soldiers can only succeed, Peled argues, when officers formulate manpower policy on the basis of combat needs rather than political concerns. Peled highlights the behind-the-scenes roles played by officers and ethnic leaders. He advocates new policies for change, recommending that the leaders of ethnically torn countries such as the republics of the former Soviet Union and states in central Africa allow professional officers to introduce soldiers from mistrusted ethnic groups through a process of phased integration.

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Alon Peled teaches political science at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. The 'Trojan Horse" Dilemma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. South Africa: From Exclusion to Inclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
3. Singapore: From Inclusion to Exclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
4. Israel: Between Inclusion and Exclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
5. Moving Toward Ethnic Integration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Epilogue: The Political Motives of Ethnic Military Integration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Other: 2 tables, 4 charts/graphs, 1 drawing, 8 halftones
Keywords: Political Science & Political History; Security Studies; International Studies

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Published: May 15, 2019
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